THE MAPLES 



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to Japan, whose forests are largely made up of maples, 

 that we are indebted for some of the most dainty and 

 exquisite trees to be found. The Japan maples planted 

 so extensively on our lawns and in our parks have such 

 a variety of form and color 

 that no written description 

 can do them justice. Fig. 96 

 will give some idea of their 



Fig. 95. Ash-Leaved Maple, or Box Elder 



shape and delicacy. The colors, which of course cannot 

 be shown, range from dark purple to the most delicate 

 combinations of white and green. The finest of these 

 dainty leaves bears a stronger resemljlance to an ostrich 

 plume than to anything in the line of tree leaves. 



