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tound in cold, shaded exposures, along the whole range, to their termination in 

 Georgia. In many of the forests of Maine and New Hampshire, this species 

 constitutes a great part of the undergrowth, seldom exceeding ten feet in height ; 

 but where it is not shaded by other trees, it attains a height of twenty feet and 

 upwards. 



This tree was introduced into England in about 1760, and was cultivated, not 

 far from that time, by Miller. It was probably soon after introduced on the con- 

 tinent, where it is still growing in many of the gardens. 



The largest tree of this species in Europe, and probably on the globe, is at 

 Schonbrunn, in Germany. In 1835 it was between thirty and forty feet high, 

 with a trunk eighteen inches in diameter. 



The largest specimen in England, in 1835, mentioned by Loudon, was at 

 White Knight's, near Reading. At twenty-five years after planting, it was 

 twenty-one feet high. Another tree is noticed by him at Oriel Temple, in Ire- 

 land, which, at thirty-five years planted, was twenty-seven feet high. 



Properties, Uses, cf'c. The wood of the Acer striatum is white, and fine- 

 grained and is sometimes used by cabinet-makers as a substitute for holly, or 

 other woods, for forming the lines with which they inlay mahogany. According 

 to Michaux, in Nova Scotia cattle are fed with the leaves of this tree, both in the 

 green and dried state ; and in spring, when the buds begin to swell, horses and 

 cattle are turned into the woods to browse on the young shoots, which they devour 

 with avidity. The same thing is practised, at present, in regions where this tree 

 abounds, both in Canada, and in the United States. 



From the great beauty of the bark and foliage of this tree, it deserves a place 

 in every collection. It is propagated by seeds, or by grafting on the Acer pseudo- 

 olatanuSi 



