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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Red Maple, but the flowers are not so 

 attractive. The fruit, which is of large size, 

 ripens about the middle of June, at Ottawa, 

 and is very noticeable when lying on the 

 footpath. There is a well known cut-leaved 

 pendulous variety called Wieri which is a 

 very graceful tree. 



5. Large-Leaved Maple {Acer macrophyl- 

 lum, Pursh). — "Tree 100 feet high ; leaves 

 cordate, deeply 3-5 lobed or cleft, pubescent 

 when young, pale green beneath, 8-12 inches 

 across, middle lobe mostly 3-lobed; racemes 



from other Canadian species. Unfortun- 

 ately, it winter kills at Ottawa. Nor do I 

 know where there is a large specimen grow- 

 ing in Canada outside of British Columbia. 

 The leaf in the illustration is a very small 

 one, but gives an idea of its shape. 



6. Ash-Leaved Maple, Box Elder {Acer Ne- 

 gundo, Linn ; Negundo aceroides, Moench. — 

 " Large tree, 70 feet ; leaves pinnate; leaf- 

 lets 3-5, ovate or oblong lanceolate, coarsely 

 serrate or 3-lobed, mostly glabrous, 3-5 

 inches long ; flowers before the leaves ; 





Fig. 2374. 



1. Aoer saceharinum, Wang. 2. A. nigrum, Michx. 3. A. rubrum, Linn. 



4. A. da»ycarpum,V,r\iY. 5. A. macrophyUum,Y'urs)i. 

 6. A. negundo, lAnn. 1. A. pennyislvanicum.JAnn. 8. A. spicatum,'Lia,\n. 

 9. A. glabrum, Torr. 10. A. eireinatum, Pursh. 



pendulous ; fruit with yellow, bristly hairs, 

 largely winged." 



The Large-Leaved Maple is confined to 

 the Province of British Columbia, and is only 

 found there in the valleys along the coast in 

 the southern part of the province and on 

 Vancouver Island. It is a majestic tree, 

 and reaches a great size in favored spots in 

 British Columbia. The leaves are of great 

 size, often measuring a foot in diameter, 

 which distinguishes this maple very readily 



staminate flowers in pendulous corymbs, 

 pistillate flowers in pendulous racemes." 



A separate genus was formerly made of 

 this tree and it was called Negundo aceroides, 

 but in recent years it has been included with 

 the maples. The Box Elder is not found in 

 a wild state in the Maritime Provinces and 

 in the. Province of Quebec. In Ontario 

 large trees have been found in the valley of 

 the Humber, near Toronto, and near Chat- 

 ham, which were thought not to have been 



