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Among the finest foreign sorts is the Norway maple 
(A. platanoides), with leaves intermediate in appearance 
between those of the plane tree and Sugar maple. The 
bark of the trunk is brown, and rougher in appearance 
than our maples, and the tree is more loose and spreading 
in its growth ; it also grows more rapidly, and strongly 
resembles at a little distance, the button-wood in its young 
state. Another interesting species is the sycamore tree or 
Great maple {A. pseudo-platanus). The latter also 
considerably resembles the plane ; but the leaves, like those 
of the common maple, are smoother. They are five-lobed, 
acute in the divisions, and are placed on much longer 
petioles than those of most of the species. The flowers, 
strung in clusters like those of the common currant, are 
greenish in color. It is much esteemed as a shade-tree 
in Scotland and some parts of the Continent, and grows 
with vigor, producing a large head, and widely spreading 
branches. 
The Locust Tree. Robinia. 
Nat. Ord. Leguminosse. Lin. Syst. Diadelphia, Decandria. 
This is a well-known American tree, found growing 
wild in all of the states west of the Delaware River. It is 
a tree of secondary size, attaining generally the height of 
forty or fifty feet. The leaves are pinnated, bluish-green 
in color, and are thinly scattered over the branches. The 
white blossoms appear in June, and are highly fragrant and 
beautiful ; and from them the Paris perfumers distil an 
