SPIKE-FLOWERED MAPLE. 75 
Soil, Situation, *c. This tree, in its natural habitat, prefers the declivities 
3f mountains exposed to the north, and in cool, moist, and shady places ; or on 
the abrupt and rocky banks of torrents and rivers. When cultivated, the soil 
should be free, deep, loamy, and rather rich than otherwise, and neither wet nor 
very dry. It may be propagated either by seeds or by the modes recommended 
in the general remarks at the commencement of this genus. Michaux states that 
this species, grafted upon the European sycamore, (Acer pseudo-platanus) is, like 
the Acer striatum, augmented to twice its natural dimensions. 
The mountain maple is ordinarily too small to be profitably applied to any 
useful purpose in the arts, and consequently can be of but little value except for 
ornament. 
