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Getting Acquainted With the Trees · J. Horace McFarland — chapter 2 of 34 · ~169 words · public domain

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Silver maple flowers 4

Young leaves of the red maple 7

"The Norway maple breaks into a wonderful bloom" 9

Samaras of the sugar maple 11

A mature sycamore maple 13

Sycamore maple blossoms 15

Flowers of the ash-leaved maple 17

Ash-leaved maples in bloom 19

Striped maple 21

The swamp white oak in winter 29

Flowers of the pin-oak 31

The swamp white oak in early spring 36

An old post-oak 39

A blooming twig of the swamp white oak 41

Acorns of the English oak 47

A lone pine on the Indian river 53

Hemlock Hill, Arnold Arboretum 56

The long-leaved pines of the South 61

Fountain-like effect of the young long-leaved pines 62

An avenue of white pines 67

Cones of the white spruce 71

An apple orchard in winter 78

When the apple trees blossom 81

The Spectabilis crab in bloom 84

Fruits of the wild crab 87

The beauty of a fruiting apple branch 91

Bloom of double-flowering apple 94

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