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is 16 ft. high; in Yorkshire, at Ripley Castle, 11 years planted, it is 15 ft. 
high. In Scotland, in the garden of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, 9 
years planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Ireland, at Oriel Temple, 35 years planted, 
it is 27 ft. high. . Price of plants, in the London Nurseries, 1s. 6d. each; at 
Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents; and at New York, 25 cents a plant, and 1 dol- 
lar and 50 cents for a quart of seed. 
C. Leaves 5-lobed. 
+ 5. A, MACROPHY’LLUM Pursh. The long, or large, leaved Maple. 
Identification. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 267. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 594. ; Don’s Mill., 1 p. 649. 
Engravings. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. t. 38. ; our figs. 117. in p. 438, 439., and 118. in p. 440, 441. ; and 
the plate of this species in our Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves digitately 5-lobed, with roundish recesses. Lobes 
somewhat 3-lobed, repandly toothed, pubescent beneath, racemes com- 
pound, erect. Stamens 9, with hairy filaments. Ovaries very hairy. (Don's 
Mill., i. p. 648.) The leaves vary much in size, and also in the manner in 
which they are lobed. Those of the dried specimens sent home by Mr. 
Douglas, are cut nearly to the base, so as almost to merit the appellation of 
palmate, while those of young plants in the London Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, and at Messrs. Loddiges’s, are not more deeply cut than those of 
A. platandides, as may be seen by our figs. in p. 440, 441., taken from 
leaves gathered in these gardens. 
Description, $c. A tree of the largest size, a native of the north-west 
coast of North America, and introduced into England in 1812; where, how- 
ever, it has not yet flowered. In its native country it is found exclusively in 
woody mountainous regions along the sea coast, between 40° and 50° N. lat., 
and on the great rapids of the Columbia. This noble tree, Dr. Hooker observes, 
was unquestionably discovered by Mr. Menzies, the first naturalist who vi- 
sited the coast where it grows. Mr. Douglas, who subsequently found it, 
and sent dried specimens and seeds to the London Horticultural Society, ob- 
serves, “ It is one of the most graceful of trees in the country it inhabits, va- 
rying from 40 ft. to 90 ft in height, and from 6 ft to 16 ft. in the circumference 
of its trunk. The branches are widely spreading, the bark rough and brown, 
the wood soft, but beautifully veined. It contains, perhaps, as much sap as 
any species, except A. saccharinum ; but the sap is not used for making sugar 
by the natives. ‘The flowers are yellow, and very fragrant, appearing in April 
and May. Mr. Douglas prophetically adds, “It will, at scme future time, 
constitute one of our most ornamental forest trees in England.” (Hooker's 
Fl. Bor. Amer., vol. i. p. 112.) | Specimens of the timber, which were sent 
home by Mr. Douglas, exhibit a grain scarcely inferior in beauty to the finest 
satin wood. The largest specimen of the tree is in the garden of the London 
Horticultural Society ; where, in 1835, it had attained the height of 25 ft. It 
is propagated by layers in the garden of the Society; and at Messrs Loddi- 
ges’s, and the annual shoots from them are often from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in length ; 
so that there can be no doubt of the tree being one of very rapid growth. This 
magnificent species cannot be too warmly recommended to the attention of 
planters, as it is perfectly hardy, and well suited for general cultivation, both 
in useful and ornamental plantations, throughout Europe. Plants, in London, 
cost 2s. 6d. each; and when the tree has once ripened seeds in Britain, plants 
will be much cheaper. 
* 6. A. PLATANOI‘DES L. The Platanus-like, or Norway, Maple. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1496.; Dec. Prod., i. p. 649; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 649. 
Amengenet: E’rable plane, or E/rable de Norvége, Fr.; spitz Ahorn, or spitz-blattriger Ahorn, 
er. 
Se he: rN Duh. Arb., 1. t. 10. f. 1.; Tratt. Arch., 1. t 4; Mill. Ic., t. 8. f. 1.5; and ourJjig. 119. in 
p- 2 : 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves cordate, smooth, 5-lobed. Lobes acuminated, with 
a few coarse acute teeth. Corymbs stalked, erectish, and, as well as the fruit, 
smooth; fruit with divaricated wings. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 649.) A middle- 
