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t^oil, Situation, S^c. This tree, in its natural habitat, prefers the decUvities 

 of mountains exposed to the north, and in cool, moist, and shady places ; or on 

 the abrupt and rocky banks of torrents and rivers. When cultivated, the soil 

 should be free, deep, loamy, and rather rich than otherwise, and neither wet nor 

 very dry. It may be propagated either by seeds or by the modes recommended 

 in the general remarks at the commencement of this genus. Michaux states that 

 this species, grafted upon the European sycamore, (Acer pseudo-platanus) is, like 

 the Acer striatum, augmented to twice its natural dimensions. 



The mountain maple is ordinarily too small to be profitably applied to any 

 useful purpose in the arts, and consequently can be of but little value except for 

 ornament 



