DECIDUOUS TREES. 



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THE GREAT-LEAVED MAPLE. Acer macrophyllum.l^ the 

 valley of the Columbia river this is described as one of the grandest 

 and most beautiful trees of the country, attaining a height of from 

 forty to ninety feet, and of a graceful spreading form. We have 

 heard of no specimen of much size in the older States. It is re- 

 ported tender at Rochester in Ellwanger and Barry's nursery when 

 first planted, but likely to be hardy when deeply rooted. The 

 leaves resemble those of the sugar maple in form, but are triple 

 the size. 



ENGLISH FIELD MAPLE. Acer campes- FlG< "- 



tris. "This is a beautiful compact, round- 

 headed tree, or rather bush, rarely exceeding 

 twenty or twenty-five feet in height, and if 

 allowed to assume its natural shape, quite as 

 broad as high. This tree, which is one of 

 the most ornamental of the maples, is very 

 rarely to be met with ; though common, we 

 believe, in our best nurseries. It is a tree, 

 above all others of its kind, suited to small 

 lawns, where it should stand alone, or on the 

 outside of loose gardenesque groups, where 

 it is accessible on all sides ; since the charac- 

 ter of its growth is so regular and formal 

 (in shape of a bee-hive), that it does not harmonize with wild or 

 picturesque plantations, but is peculiarly adapted to the neighbor- 

 hood of the house, or to the more formal trees, like the horse- 

 chestnut and linden. The finest specimens we recollect to have 

 seen is at the late Mr. Downing's, which is nearly full grown ; a 

 specimen at Wodenethe, about fifteen feet high, and nearly as wide, 

 is extremely beautiful. The largest specimens in England are at 

 Kew, fifty years planted, twenty-six feet high ; at Milbury Park, 

 one hundred years planted, thirty-eight feet high. It should never 

 be trimmed up ; on the contrary, if by accident the lower limbs are 

 injured or lost, the tree should be severely headed back to en- 

 courage new growth from the ground." H. W. SARGENT. Fig. 

 no represents a thrifty young tree of this species. 



