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met within the mountainous parts of most of the 

 northern states of Europe. 



There arc two varieties of the Norway Maple; 

 — one with variegated or striped leaves, and the 

 other with cut leaves. 



The Scarlet-flowerins Maple is a dioecious 

 tree, the leaves of which are composed each 

 of live sharp-pointed lobes, which are slightly 

 indented or serrated : they are smooth, of a 

 pale green on their upper surface, and sea- 

 green colour underneath ; and they grow on long, 

 simple, taper, reddish footstalks. The .flowers 

 come out in clusters from the sides of the branches 

 before the leaves, and have only six stamina. 

 They appear in April, and the seeds ripen in 

 June. 



There are two varieties of it ; — the Virginian 

 Scarlet-flowering Maple, and Sir Charles Wager's 

 Maple.. Both of thcni are propagated for the 

 Bake of the flowers, which are of a scarlet colour. 

 The sort called Sir Charles Wager's produces 

 larger clusters of flowers than the other ; on 

 which account it is most in esteem. 



The Siltar Maple isalarge-urowingtree, some- 

 times arriving at the height of forty feet, and has 

 broad thin leaves divided into Ave principal parts, 

 which are again indented or cut at the edges into 

 several acute segments. Their suri'ace is smooth, 

 of a light green colour, whitish underneath ; 

 and grow on pretty long footstalks. The flowers 

 come out in the spring, about the .time of the 

 Norway Maple ; and are succeeded by seed, 

 which somctilr.es ripens here. In America, the 

 inhabitants tap this tree in the spring, and boil 

 the liquor, which affords an u.>eful su^ar. The Sy- 

 camore, the Ash-leaved and the Norway Aiaples 

 also abound with a saccharine juice, from which 

 sugar might probably be prepared with advan- 

 tage. 



The Tartarian Maple grows to upwards of 

 twenty feet in height. The leavesare heart-shaped, 

 undivided, and their edges unequally serrated. 

 The flowers come out trom Xhc wings of the 

 leaves in bunches of a longish form, appearing 

 early in the spring, and are occasionally suc- 

 ceeded by ripe seed in this climate. It is a native 

 of the southern parts of Russia. 



The Italian Maplehasatrunk ten feet in heiffht, 

 straight, branching, and covered with a gray 

 bark. The branches are flexible. Tiie leaves are 

 middle-sized, thin, three- or (ive-lobcd, toothed, 

 and rounded. The flowers are in a very loose 

 pendent raceme; on peduncles very long, branch- 

 ing and bending: they are larger than those of 

 the other sorts, composed of five lanceolate pe- 

 tals, yellowish and veined. The calyx is verv small, 

 falling a long time before the corolla. The stamina 

 are eight in nunjbcr, and twice as lontr as the cu- 

 rollaj the wings of the seed not adhering to the 



sides of the capsule, as in the other species, but 

 placed at the top, and only a little separated from 

 each other. It is common in inanv parts of 

 Italy. It is a lofty tree, and from its having a 

 spreading head adorned with large and beautilul 

 foliage, deserves the attention of ornamental 

 planters. 



The Pennsylvanian Maple is but a small tree, 

 which in some situations may be considered ra- 

 ther as a shrub. It sometimes grows to the 

 height of about fifteen feet, with a slender stem, 

 covered with a whitish bark, and sending forth 

 several red branches. The flowers are in long 

 pendulous racemes, of a greenish yellow colour. 

 The seeds generally fall off before they are ripe. 

 It is a native of Pennsylvania. 



The Cretan M;iple is a low tree, having much 

 resemblance to the Montpelier sort. The leaves 

 while young are ovate, but aftenvards have much 

 similarity to those of ivy, being only of a much 

 thinner texture, and having their petioles covered 

 by a soft hair)' down. 



There is a variety of this tree in which the 

 leaves continue green most part of the year when 

 well sheltered. It is denominated the Evergreen 

 Cretan Maple. 



Culture. — Almost all the sorts and varieties of 

 the Maple are of easy cultivation, each of them 

 being capable of being raised from seed, and many 

 of them by layering, cuttings, and budding. They 

 thrive in most soils and situations, provided they 

 be not too moist : the common sorts succeeding 

 the best in such as are deep and inclined to 

 moisture, but not hard or stiff'; and the Ame- 

 rican kinds in those that have a dr)' and rather 

 close state of mold. 



In propagating them by seeds, as they do not 

 in all the sorts ripen well in this countr\-, the best 

 way is to procure them from the places where 

 the trees grow naturally. A cool shady place is 

 the most suitable for this purpose. The mold 

 being made fine, and beds marked out four feet 

 wide, with length proportionate to the quantity j 

 in these the seeds are to be regularly sown in tlie 

 autumn, sifting over them the finest mold to the 

 depth of half an inch. When the plants are come 

 up, they must be kept clean from weeds, and 

 frequently watered in the summer. In the spring 

 following, the strongest may be drawn out, and 

 planted in nurseries, in rows two feet asimder, 

 and at the distance of a foot from each other in 

 them, leaving the others to gain strength. In 

 the second spring these also must have the same 

 cultuiv; and they may remain in the nurser\', 

 without any other trouble than keepintt the 

 ground clean from weeds in the summer, ditrgring 

 between the rows in the winter, and taking off 

 all strong and irregular side shoots, till they are 

 fit to be planted out. The trees raised iu this way 



