Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Climbers 



more there are several varieties, such as albo-variegatum, white and 

 green; flavo - marginatum, yellow edged; atro - purpureum, purplish; 

 Leopoldi, silvery; the Corstorphine Maple (lutescens), golden leaved; 

 Prinz Handjery, Webbianum, Simon Louis, Worlei, and others. One 

 of the most popular forms of the Norway Maple is Schwedleri, with 

 bronzy-red leaves, but there are others, like Reitenbachi, aureo-varie- 

 gatum, laciniatum, purpureum rubrum, &c. The Common English 

 Maple (A. campestre) also has several varieties, including a variegated 

 one, but is not so extensively grown in nurseries. The common forms 

 of the above are raised from 

 seeds, but the varieties are usu- 

 ally budded. 



The Japanese Maples are now 

 largely grown for the decoration 

 of parks and large gardens, and 

 are to be had in many varieties. 

 These are chiefly derived from 

 A. japonicum (fig. 408) and A. 

 palmatum. The best - known 

 varieties of japonicum are 

 aureum, compactum, lacini- 

 atum, rufinerve albo-lineatum. 

 The palmatum section is more 

 diverse, and consists of the dis- 

 sectum and septemlobum groups 

 both charming, and remark- 

 able for the numerous dissections 

 of the leaves and the brilliancy 

 of their tints. The choicer va- 

 rieties are usually grafted on 

 stocks of the common forms, and 

 these are raised from seeds. The 



green-leaved Box Elder (A. Negundo or Negundo fraxinifolium) is a very 

 useful plant, but chiefly serves as a stock upon which the variegated silver 

 and golden forms are budded. 



Of late years attention has been given to other species of Maple, 

 notably dasycarpum, a fine Japanese species with several varieties; 

 rubrum, the Canadian scarlet -leaved Maple; saccharinum, the North 

 American Bird's Eye or Sugar Maple; and tataricum or cordifolium, 

 with a fine coloured variety called Ginnala. 



^Esculus. With the genus Pavia this includes the Horse-chestnut (jE. 

 Hippocastanum) and the Buck Eye. There are several fine varieties of 

 the Horse-chestnut, including the double white - flowered one and the 

 variegated silver and golden forms. The Red-flowered Buck Eye (rubra) 

 is a fine plant, as is also the white-flowered (macrostachya). Other 

 good species are califomica (fig. 409), white or pale rose; carnea (or 



Fig. 408. Acer japonicum 



