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ACER CIRCINATUM. 



This species was sent to lluiiland in IS'27, liy tlie late niifdrtunate Douglass, 

 from tlio norili-west coast. It lias since been cultivated in the London Horticul- 

 tural Society's garden; and also at Messrs. Loddiges' nursery. At High Clcre, 

 in Berkshire, England, there was a plant in 1835, which had flowered, and 

 ripent'd .se^ds. Sim e that period, the species has gradually been disseminated 

 in the principal gardens ol" lOurope. 



Pro/ter/ics, Uses, l^c. The wood of the Acer circinatum is fine, white, and 

 close-grained, very tough, and sfisceptiblc of a good polish. From the slender 

 branches, the native tribes, along the river Columbia, make the jioops of their 

 scoop-nets, which they employ for taking the salmon at the rapids, and the con- 

 tracted parts of that stream. The soil and situation, propagation and culture of 

 this species, may be safely relied on, as being the same as those of the Acer 

 macrophyllum. 



