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THE PLANE, OR BUTTONWOOD. PlatamiH. AT 



In Paris and other large European cities, our nati 

 American Plaxe, or Buttonwood (P. Occident alls)] 

 is esteemed above all other trees for street planting, but, 

 strange as it may seem, in this, its native country, it 

 suffers badly in most places from a fungus which destroys 

 the young growth. 



The Oriental Plane (P. orientalis) is less liable to 

 the same trouble, though not free from it. As they are 

 of great value, they are nevertheless worthy of trial by 

 planters. . , - 



the maple. Acer and Negundo. A-F. 



The Maples, in their many species and varieties, possess 

 a value as ornamental trees of the very highest order. 

 The trees are of free, in some kinds of rapid growth, and 

 healthy ; they are adapted to all soils, and are seldom 

 troubled by insects. Their foliage is handsome, appears 

 early, and goes out in the fall, in various gorgeous tints. 

 Some maples have richly-colored leaves all through the 

 season, and the leaves of others are of singular shape, 

 while a few bear attractive blossoms. 



The Sugar Maple (A. sacchariniim) is a well-known 

 native species, admirable in form, foliage, and habit. It 

 is one of the best for street and lawn-planting, A. The 

 Black Sugar Maple (var. nigrum), a variety of the last, 

 has darker leaves, with their lobes more rounded, A. 



The Red, or Swamp Maple {A. rnhrum), also a native, 

 is noted in early spring for its showy, red blossoms, and 

 in autumn for the extreme brilliancy of its foliage, B. 

 There is a fine dwarf form of this, called the Dwarf 

 Scarlet Maple {yar. fuJge7is of some, and var. tomentosum 

 of other authors. ) 



The Norway Maple (A.platanoides) is a tree of spread- 

 ing, rounded form, broad, shining leaves, producing dense 



