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Another recently introduced maple comes from 

 Oregon (A. circinatuin) , where it forms impenetrable 

 thickets, rising to the height of from twenty to forty 

 feet, having pendulous branches, whose leaves in 

 autumn surpass the brilliancy of the finest scarlet 

 oaks. 



The Red or Scarlet Maple (A. rubruui}. This 

 tree takes its name from the ornamental development 

 of red blossoms which it throws out late in spring, or 

 early in summer. It is a native of North America, a 

 low-growing tree in its habit, luxuriating in a rich 

 soil, and standing excess of moisture better than any 

 other species. It is commonly propagated by layers, 

 as it is very difficult to raise it from seed. When old 

 it sometimes produces very valuable timber, owing to 

 its curled and undulating fibre, being handsomely 

 shaded. Another hardy maple (A. vil/osum) has been 

 introduced from the Himalayas, where it is said to 

 attain a great size, very much excelling the sycamore 

 in appearance. 



There are also other species of this genus of a 

 smaller growth, and new specimens are constantly 

 being introduced, and it is said that there are many 

 other kinds yet to come, which flourish on the lofty 

 mountains of India, Japan, and China. 



The Walnut Tree (Juglans). I shall conclude this 

 division of my subject, that of broad-leaved timber 

 trees, with the walnut, which, though in one sense a 

 fruit tree, and a capital one too, yet must be ranked 

 with the timber-producing species, as it attains to a 

 great size in Britain, and its wood is very much in 

 request by the cabinet-maker ; as it neither cracks 

 nor warps, and is reckoned the most ornamental of 



