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y.^£lS;:s®^fet aootanical disquisition ; it is not 

 ""^a dt^pltte account of all the members of 

 /he ijps|fortant tree family of maples. I am 

 not a botanist, nor a true scientific observer, but 

 only -sf plain tree - lovcir^jc^iid I have been watch- 

 . ing some trees -Bioofp. and bud and grow and 

 ' fruit ior a ifcvv ".years, .'lising a camera now and 

 iriiCH tO' record what I -see — and much more 

 ;»^wrty- I se^, usually ! 

 " ^ : In the -sweet springtime, when the rising of 

 ,;.' "the sap incites some to poetry, some to making 

 ,^(/ maple sugar, and some to watching for the first 

 :;. flowers, it is well to look at a few tree -blooms, 

 and to consider the possibilities and the pleas- 

 ures of a peaceful hunt that can be made 

 with profit in city street or park, as well as 

 along country roadsides and in the meadows 

 and the woods. 



Who does not know of the maples that are 



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