20 4 TREES GROWING IN RICH SOIL. 



greater part of the glorious colouring of the autumn. The 

 individual trees remain ever true to their colours and turn 

 every year to the particular ones that they have chosen. 

 A beautiful sight is to see two different maples standing closely 

 together when one has changed to scarlet and the other to 

 clear, bright yellow. 



A. plantanoides, Norway maple, is one of the introduced 

 maples with which we are becoming familiar along drives in 

 parks and in general cultivation. It is a handsome tree, 

 rounded in outline and with broad, thin and smooth leaves, 

 which must luxuriate in the wealth of light and sunshine they 

 are capable of absorbing. In shape they are similar to those 

 of the sugar maple ; the lobes however are short, five to seven 

 in number, and have from two to five sharply pointed teeth. 

 The corymb-like clusters of fruit are a distinctive feature, the 

 wings being frequently two inches long and diverging so as 

 to form almost a straight line. Another mark of the tree's 

 identity is that the leaf-stem contains a milky juice. 



A. Pseudo-Platanus (Plate CVII.), false sycamore, is another 

 European species that is extensively 

 planted for ornament in this country. 

 Its beautiful, firm leaves have very 

 long, red petioles and five short lobes 

 which are coarsely and irregularly 

 toothed. The sinuses are pointed. On 

 the upper surface the leaf is a rich 

 green, but underneath it is a much 

 lighter, softer colour. In its fruiting 

 j^V season the tree is hung with a Ions: 



Acer Pseildo-Platdnus. . & . f 



raceme of pubescent samaras with 

 wings that diverge widely. 



A. Jap6nicu?n atropurpureum, blood-leaved Japanese maple, is 

 one of a number of dwarf maples which is mentioned here 

 because it is now becoming frequent in cultivation. It is 



