MISCELLANEOUS. 



IN portraying the characteristics of ornamental shrubs, 

 it has become evident that reference might well be 

 made to some of the smaller members of not a few 

 genera among the large trees, not belonging to the class 

 described. This has already been done to some extent, 

 but there are yet others of the lower forms in use in 

 horticulture with especial features that should be men- 

 tioned in order to more full and complete information 

 concerning general gardening. This chapter is accord- 

 ingly added as a further help to readers of this volume. 



What are known as the Japanese maples have been 

 described in detail, but there are several other small forms 

 of almost or quite equal value in garden planting, which 

 we here proceed to characterize : Acer campestre, the 

 English or cork-bark maple, a native of central Europe, 

 grows to a height of from fifteen to twenty feet, and is 

 of stocky, roundish habit and handsome foliage. The bark 

 is, as suggested by the popular name, thick, rough, and 

 somewhat corky. A. colchicum rubrum, the red colchicum 

 maple, is from Japan, ten to fifteen feet high, of good 

 form, with bright crimson-colored foliage when first 

 grown, and is a rare and beautiful variety, but not en- 

 tirely hardy in New England. A. wierii laciniatum, 



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