OF ORNAMENTAL TKEES. 59 



the shoots till the twisted parts are covered ; 

 or the shoots may be bent down to the ground, 

 notched and slit as in the usual mode of layer 

 ing, and sunk a few inches in the ground. 

 The first mode saves labor; the last, after 

 waterings. 



2. A. DASYCARPUM, Ehrhart Leaves pal- 

 mately 5-lobed, deeply sinuated with the 

 sinui acute. Flowers in clusters, before the 

 leaves. Ovaries downy. Seeds with large 

 wings. Silver maple. Native of the North 

 ern and Middle States. 



One of the finest of our native trees. It 

 is so often seen in a half-starved, stunted 

 state, as a street tree, that one might be in 

 credulous of its beauty when under proper 

 circumstances, from a mere description. Un 

 less in favorable soil, it does not make a deep 

 shade but in that case few can excel it, and 

 its shade is so mellowed by the silvery under 

 surface of the leaves, as to make quite a 

 pleasing effect. It branches out pretty near 

 the base, and spreads to a great extent with 

 out much ramification, which renders it 

 liable to be broken at times by heavy winds. 

 The finest specimen at Bartram is seventy- 



