Ornamental Shrubs. 



holding its foliage well into autumn and growing more 

 and more beautiful with age. It has given off a variety, 

 A. j. aureum, whose distinguishing feature is in its yellow 

 or golden leaves, which are intermingled with varying 

 shades of green, productive of the best effects, the colors 

 being retained through the entire season. The tree are 

 hardy as far north as southern New England and western 

 New York. Another variety, less striking, is A. j. aconiti- 

 folium, aconite-leaved, the foliage of which is deeply 

 cut, giving it a very picturesque appearance. There are 

 also a large-leaved sort, A. j. macranthum, one with 

 small foliage, A. j. microphyllum, and still another, A. j. 

 scolopendifolium, smaller than the last, with wavy or scal- 

 loped leaves. 



A. polymorphism. This is supposed to be the parent 



of many of the remark- 

 able varieties that have 

 come to the knowledge 

 of the public, and that 

 now enter so largely into 

 horticulture. Whether 

 it be true, as some assert, 

 or otherwise, that it was 

 the original form, it has 

 certainly given off a 

 number of varieties 

 which in garden and lawn 

 planting have no superi- 

 ors, and, indeed, few or 

 no equals. It rises from twelve to eighteen feet, as observed 



ACER POLYMORPHUM. 



