TREES AND SHRUBS-DECIDUOUS AND 

 CLIMBING PLANTS 



ABUTILON VITIFOLIUM, DC. 



Syns. Sida vitifolia, Cav. 



Lindl. Bot. Keg. vol. xxx. t. 57; Bot. Mag. t. 4227 and t. 7328; The Garden, 1883, 

 vol. xxiii. p. 224, pi. 369; id. 1897, vol. li. p. 334, pi. 1117; Gard. Chron. 1889, 

 vol. vi. p. 156, fig. 21. 



A handsome deciduous shrub or small tree from seed collected in Chili 

 by William Lobb in 1844, first flowered under glass in 1845, and said 

 to have been brought to Europe by Captain Cottingham, in 1836, and 

 cultivated in his garden in Dublin, where it proved to be quite hardy. 



In England it needs the protection of a greenhouse or wall except in 

 favoured localities. In colour the flowers are variable, sometimes white 

 and occasionally blue, a peculiarity that has caused some confusion in 

 the nomenclature. Both forms are figured in the Botanical Magazine 

 (I.e. supra), on separate plates, and also in The Garden, 1897 (Lc. supra). 



ACEE AEGUTUM, Maxim. 



Nicholson in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 725, fig. 132; Sargent's Trees and Shrubs, 



1903, vol. i. p. 131, pi. Ixvi. 



A very fine maple introduced through Charles Maries from Japan, with 

 leaves acutely five-pointed, and the wings of the samara widely apart. 



It is hardy in this country and in the United States of America. The 

 light green graceful foliage in summer and the purple branches in winter 

 render it an attractive addition to hardy ornamental trees. 



ACEE CAEPINIFOLIUM, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Nicholson in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 565, fig. 105. 



A very distinct maple, in the leaf-form and veining closely resembling 

 the Hornbeam (Carpinus), from which is derived the specific name. 



A rare tree in Japan, whence it was introduced through Charles Maries, 

 probably the only really respectable specimen is at Coombe Wood, 



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