40 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



Palmate-leaved Maple (A. palmahim), with small 

 leaves, having reddish leaf-stalks and veins, the tree in 

 time assuming a weeping form. 



The English, or Cork-barked Maple {A. campestre), 

 is a remarkably handsome, slow-growing tree of com- 

 pact habit, with very dark-green leaves; sometimes grown 

 in a shrub-like form. 



The Large-leaa^ed Maple (.4. macropliyllum) is a 

 stately tree with immense leaves, but rather tender in 

 the North while young. 



Striped Maple {A, Pennsylvanicum) is an elegant 

 tree with light-green foliage and distinctly striped bark. 



Tartarian Maple (^1. Tartaricum) is of irregular 

 habit, but making a handsome tree, with small, light- 

 green leaves and light-colored, smooth bark. 



The Ash-leaved Maple belongs in a distinct genus 

 {Negwido), but closely related to the common Maple. 

 Ash-leaved Maple, or Box-Elder {Negundo aceroides), 

 is of rapid growth, with small, light-green foliage, resem- 

 bling that of the Ash, and Maple-like fruit. The bark 

 on the young wood is greenish-yellow, 0. Curled Ash- 

 leaved Maple (var. crispum), has the foliage curled and 

 somewhat cut. Variegated Ash-leaved Maple (var./o/iVs 

 argenteis variegatis), a variety distinctly marked with 

 white, more so, perhaps, than any other white-leaved tree 

 in cultivation. Extensively used in French gardens, but 

 liable to be sun-burned here, F. 



THE BEECH. Fagus. A. C. 



The Beeches are highly esteemed, picturesque trees, 

 with rich, glossy leaves and smooth bark which, in some, 

 is of a very light color. The light and shade of the ver- 

 dure is usually disposed horizontally, giving to the trees 

 a distinct appearance. They prefer light, loamy soils; 

 the roots keep near the surface, on which account grass 



