H u founa m dry tony 

 ind Piedmont; it even 

 the Rhine. 



. . I'mvenoe, 



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SI. A. Lokrlu. 20. A MrrAarintm. 24. A rw*n<m. 

 iS. ^4. rrioearpan. ISn. ^4. caudatum. 6. ^. fpict 



76. A. 



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Hfc. 



11. .drcr Crrlirum (I,iimn-llv\ the Cundian MM).!.'. l.cavi 

 gren. variable in form, wedge-iihapod at the base, leathery, glossy, 

 smooth, with thn- .-ntiti- ..r -.T-nit.-d l> !>. of which tin- Hide ones are 

 the nhortot, sometime* nvliv i.l. !. It is a native cf the mountains 



ACER. M 



iia and tho Grecian Archipelago ; it U frequent!; cultivated in 

 the South of Europe. 



12. Acv kttonpkyllum (Will,!,.., , ,!,.. I x vcs 

 evergreen, ovate, unequally -serrated, entire or occasionally three-lol.cd, 

 very glomy. Thin in the plant sold in t iraeries under t he 

 name of A. Crrlicum. It U rather delicate, and u a native of the 

 I.. -. ,nt 



13. Arrr pintdo-jJataniu (\MUUC\M), the Sycamore Maple. Leave! 

 heart-ahaped, coarsely and unequally serrated, glaucous and il..ny 

 on the vein* beneath ; with five lobes, of which the lower ones are 

 generally the smallest Tin- imlile tree U scarcely met v, uli in .1 

 truly wild state beyi"! tl.. limit-* of middle and southern Km -|-. : it 

 is occasionally seen on the lower ridges of the Caucasus, and does not 

 appear to extend much further eastward. In Italy it is said to 



at its greatest degree of perfection, acquiring the height of 50 ai 

 feet lt Engliah name has originated in an erroneous notion ih.it 

 this is the sycamore of Scripture a totally different tree, the 

 Syramoriu. It nourishes in many parts of England : many varieties 

 are known to gardeners. 



14. Acer matrophylliim (Pursh), the Broad-Leaved Maple. Leaves 

 deeply heart-shaped, not serrated, divided into live deep, spreading, 

 slightly-lobed segments, the middle one of which in often narrow at 

 ita base, and the lower ones generally smaller than the others ; when 

 young slightly downy, when old shining and perfectly smooth : is a 

 native of the north-west coast of North America, where ita timber 

 is used. 



15. A rer tterrvliafrum (Wallic'h), th.- sliruly M;ipK>. is a large tree, 

 with a trunk often three feet in diameter ; found in NVpuul. 



16. Acer rillotitm (Walli''hi. tin- ShagKy Mnpli-. i.~ , tree, 

 finind on the Himalaya Mountains, approaching the limit* of |>c-rpetual 

 snow in Sinnoor and Kunmon. 



IT. Acer cultratum (Wallich), the Curve-Keyed Maple, is a large 

 tree, native of the regions towards the Himalaya^, in Kuuun -i. 

 Srinaghitr. 



18. Acer caudoittm (Wallich), the Long-Pointed Maple. It is a n;.ti\ , 

 of the highest regions of Nepaul, of Sinnoor, Kumaon, anil Si-ina-h nr. 



19. Acer Platanoldet (Linnoeus), the ^forwaJ Map 

 shaped, very smooth, except at the axils of the vein- : i. ll< 

 lobes taper-pointed and diverging, with a few taper-pointvil <li\ 

 teeth. This is a tine tree, with very handsome glossy 



leaves, for the sake of which it is a great deal cultivated. Tin n< >i-t li> i n 

 and midland parts of Europe, and the north of Asia, as far a- 1 In- I 'ral 

 Mountains, produce this species. In the Russian Empire it passes 

 from the state of a shrub, in the northern m-ovincex, to that of a 

 handsome tree with a trunk two t 1 . thirl,, in the more south. m 

 district.". Ita wood is valued for turners' work. From ite ascending 

 sap a kind of coarse sugar has been procured, in the same way as 

 from the A. tacckarinuin, in America. Two varieties are known t<> 

 gardeners ; one, the Silver-Striped, in which the leaves are slightly 

 < with white; and the other, the Cut-Leaved, in which the 

 leaves are deeply and irregularly jagged. When the foot-stalks of tin- 

 leaves are broken thry exude a milky fluid. 



20. Acer ta<-'-lnn ininn il.iin Sugar Maple. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, glaucous beneath, very smooth, except at the axils of the 

 veins; five-lobed, the lobes taper-pointed, and very coarsely toothed. 

 Flowers in nodding corymbs. Keys not much diverging. From a 

 little to the north of the Saint Johr. . to the woods of l'|i|ii-r 

 Virginia, and probably still farther ,-c,uth. this H]ieeiex prevails; and it, 

 forms a large ]>rtioii of the vegetation of New Brunswick. Nova Si 

 Vermont, and New Hampshire, sometimes becoming as much as 80 feet 

 high. In Uie autumn the woods of those countries are dyed of a 

 crimson hue by the changing leaves of the Sugar Maple. Th. 



is bard, and has a satiny lustre, but it is readily attacked by insects, 

 and is not of much value, except when its groin is accidentally 

 Rinl then it is in request for the cabinet-makers. The younger .M i 

 states, that it may l>o at all times known from that of the lied Maple 

 by a very simple test If you pour a drop or two of solution of 

 sulphate of iron upon the wood of the Sugar Maple, in a mir 

 becomes of a greenish cast, while that of the Red Maple becomes deep 

 blue. The saccharine matter contained in ita ascending sap is the 

 principal can I'ci-ies lieing in so much request Froi 



obtained by tapping the trunk in tln> spring during tin- spare 

 weeks, a very considerable ipiantity of a line brown IV mvd ; 



h, it is Raid, as 33 lla. per tree. Tin S 



dy succeed very well in Knuland, where it is rarely seen ; and 

 e\cn when in health does not attain a height of more than fifteen 

 or sixteen feet 



21. Affrnirfrum (Michaux), the Black Sugar Maple. This plant is 

 a native of similar situations with the last, of which peihaps it is 

 only a vari 



ii (Tenore), Lobel's Maple, is found among the 

 mountains in the north of the kingdom of Na| 



. ' i'l'iit, \ViildelloV. 



Charles Wager's Maple is found in most pan-, i \ nh Ameii a .m the 



eastern side, where it is e monly culled While Maple. It grows with 



great rapidity, and in extremely common in the plantations of all 

 Knropi'. wheiv it. is rcmarkalilc for tho deep crimson hue of its leaves 

 in autumn. ' i "pi to tho 



