HORTUS VEITCHII 



The leaves are three to five lobed, the lower pair often obsolete ; the 

 apices acutely pointed, and the petiole, bright rose -pink, contrasts strongly 

 with the dark green of the blade. 



It was raised at Coombe Wood from seed sown in February 1902. 



ACEE L^VIGATUM, Wall, var. FAEGESII, Behd. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxix. p. 353, fig. 91. 



A form of the Indian Acer laevigatum of dwarfer habit and with smaller 

 leaves, discovered on mountains south of the Yangtsze in the Province of 

 Hupeh, Central China, and raised at Coombe in 1902. 



The leaves leathery in texture, entire or slightly notched, are when 

 first produced of a bright red and very ornamental colour. 



Native of mountainous regions, this variety will probably prove to 

 possess a hardier constitution than the Indian type, which will not 

 withstand English winters. 



ACEE NIKOENSE, Maxim. 



Syns. Negundo nikoense, Nichols. 



Nicholson in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 815; Garden and Forest, 1893, p. 155, 



fig. 26. 



This remarkable species, named after the district in Japan where it was 

 first discovered, has a wide distribution, and is in all probability of Chinese 

 origin, as it has lately been met with in the mountainous region of 

 Central China, undoubtedly wild. The trifoliate leaves, densely hairy on 

 the under surface, are in autumn a rich vinous red. 



The samara are large with spreading wings, and the cells like the other 

 parts of the plant thickly covered with hair. 



It is quite hardy at Coombe Wood, where a specimen, one of the first 

 raised, is now over 20 ft. high and 25 ft. through. 



ACEE PALMATUM, Thunb. 



Syns. A. polymorphum, Sieb. & Zucc. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 80, figs. 



Acer palmatum, known in gardens as A. polymorphum, was re- 

 introduced by the late John Gould Veitch from Japan (though it had 

 formerly been introduced through Dr. Siebold) as well as many and 

 various forms. The varieties known as atropurpureum dissectum,palmati- 

 iidum, roseo-marginatum, and sanguineum were distributed in 1877. 



ACEE PICTUM, Thunb., var. CONNIVENS, Nichols. 



Nicholson in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 375. 



A form of Acer pictum, from Japan, lobes of the leaves out to the base 



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