't28 ARBORETUM AND IRUTICETUM. PAHT Ilf. 



Dcscnptlun, Sec In its native countries, (the soutli of France and Italy,) tills 

 tree attains the licii^ht of 30 ft. or 40 ft.; tlioimli, in rocky exposed situations, 

 it often forms only a larfjc l)ush. The trunk is covered with a reddish brown 

 bark. The leaves are chicHy ;i-lol)e{l, with an entire margin : they are dark 

 green, and bear a general resemblance to those of ,/. cainpestre, which are about 

 the same size, but of a paler green, and o-lobetl. The leaves, in mild seasons, 

 remain on dining great part of the winter, more especially in France. The 

 rtowers are [)roduced just before the leaves: they are pendulous, on peduncles 

 1 in. or more long, disposed in dichotomous panicles, or corymbs, one from al- 

 most every bud, and consist of from (> to 10 flowers. Tlie flowers are of a pale 

 yellow colour, and form a great soiu-ce of attraction to bees. The tree of this 

 species in the London Horticultural Society's (Jarden has the branches rather 

 ascending, so as to form somewhat a fasciculate head ; but in old trees, the 

 head is rountlish and sprcadinsr. 



Gcograjyhii, Jlis/ori/, c'jc. The tree abounds, in a wild state, in the south of 

 France, and also in Spain and Italy, chiefly on rocky exposed situations. It 

 is also much planted in the south of France as hedges, on account of the per- 

 sistency of the leaves, \v hich remain on during a great part of v%inter. The tree 

 was introduced into England in ll'.VJ, and is to be met with in most botanic 

 ganlens. The wood, which is hard and heavy, is used in France by turners 

 and cabinet-makers ; but, in England, the tree may be considered as purely one 

 of ornament; and, as such, it well deserves a place in every collection. It is 

 easily propagateil by seeds or by layers. 



Slatislics. The largost tree in the neighbourhood of London is at Kenwood, where, in .W years, it 

 has attained the hciglit of 47 ft. ; there are two very handsome trees at Ham House, each nearly JO ft. 

 high : at Kew, 30 years planted, it is 'JDll high ; in the Oxford Hotanib Garden, 40 years planted, it 

 is i;5ft. high ; in Worcestershire, at Croome, 'iO years planted, Sjft. high ; in Staffordshire, at Trent- 

 ham, 2t) ^ years planted, 27 ft. high. In Scotland, in the Perth Nursery, 14 years planted, and 

 14 ft. high. In I'rance, in ;the Jardin des Plantes, l.J'J years planted, and .x5 ft high. In Saxony, at 

 Worlitz, 4.5 years ])lantcd, 3 ) 1^. high ; in Austria, at Vienna, in the garden of the University, 40 years 

 planted, and .>(> ft. high; and at Laxenbnrg, 35 years ))lantcd, and 30 ft. high. In Prussia, in the 

 Berlin IJotanic Garden, 18 ft. high. In Bavaria, in the Botanic (iardcn at Munich, 'J4 years planted, 

 and '20 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1.?. Gd. each ; at 

 Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; at New York, V. 



i 18. A. campe'stre L. The common, or Field, Maple. 



Identification. I>in. Spec, 1497. ; Hayne, Dend., p. 211. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 595. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 649. 



Si/noni/mcs. E'rable champftre, Fr. ; klciner Ahorn, Keld Ahorn, Ger. 



£>igr(imugs. Kngl. Bot., t 304. ; Pel. Dan , t. 12S8. ; Keitter and Abel, Abbild., t. 25. ; \Villd. 



Abbild , t. 213. ; our fig. 132. in p. 458. ; and the plate of A. campestre ,var. austrlacum in our 



Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cordate, with 5-toothcd lobes. Racemes erect. 



Wings of fruit much divaricated. {Do)i's Alill., i. p. G49.) 

 Varieties. There are four forms of this species. 



5f A. c. I hebeedrpum Dec. Prod., i. p. .iO^. The downij-fruitcd Field 

 Maple. — Fruit clothed with velvety [jubescence. A. campestre Wnllr. 

 in Litt. Tratt. Arch., i. No. 7 ; A. moUe Opiz. {Dons Mill., i. p. ()49.) 



i A. c. 2 foliis varicnutis. The variegated-leaved Field J\Iaj)le. — Next to 

 the variegated-leaved variety of A. Pseuilo-Z^Jatanus, this seems the 

 handsomest of all tiic variegated-leaved maples ; the leaves preserving, 

 with their variegation, the appearance of health, and the blotches, and 

 stripes of white, or whitish vellow, being distinctly marked. 



i A. c. 3 collinum Wallr. in Litt. Dec. Prod., i. p. 594. The //i//-inha- 

 biting Field Alaple. — Fruit smooth. Lobes of leaves obtuse. Flower 

 smaller. A. affine and A. macrocarpuni Ojiiz. Native of France. 

 {Don's Mill., i. p. 649.) 



t A. r. 4 austriacum Tratt. Arch., i. No. G. The Aiuttrian Field Jlfajjlc. — 

 Fruit smooth. Lobes of leaves somewhat acuminated. Flowers 

 larger than those of the species. Native of Austria, Podolia, and 

 Tauria. {Don's Jlill., i. p. (i-ID.) This variety is larger in all its parts 

 than the original species, and is of much freer growth; the main 

 stem rises erect and straight, and sends out its branches regularly on 



