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Wier's cut-leaf maple, is one of the most useful of the 

 family, as it is a rapid and graceful grower, forming beauti- 

 ful specimens in a short time. It has pendulous branches, 

 with deeply cut foliage, and as it becomes quite large is 

 coming to be planted as a street tree. The ash-leaved 

 maple, or box-elder, also has the advantage of being a 

 rapid grower, and has light green, yellowish bark. There 

 are two varieties of this species, one of which has its foli- 

 age marked with yellow, and the other with white. The 

 yellow form is esteemed the more hardy. A. Pennsyl- 

 vanicum, or the striped-bark maple, is a native tree, with 

 broad and effective foliage, and well worthy of planting in 

 all ordinary collections. A. schwedlerii is distinguished 

 by its bright crimson foliage in the early part of the sea- 

 son, later taking on a purplish green. In autumn it again 

 becomes crimson, and contrasts finely with other foliage 

 when planted in groups. A. worleii is a golden-leaved 

 sycamore maple, the foliage being bright yellow in spring 

 and changing to a duller shade as the season advances. It 

 is one of the most effective of the whole group for garden 

 planting. A. tartaricum, or Tartarian maple, is of a more 

 shrubby growth, and of irregular, rounded form. The leaves 

 are rather light-colored, and the bark smooth. A. ginnala 

 is described as a miniature maple from Siberia, with 

 deeply notched leaves which take on most gorgeous colors 

 in autumn orange, crimson, and dark purple or black. 

 In speaking of the Acer rubrum, Mr. Samuel Parsons, 

 Jr., in his work on Landscape Gardening, says : " The 

 most brilliant effects are reached in the red or crimson 

 tints. Scarlet is a color almost unknown to the normal 



