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long, upright racemes, with petals. Japan.— Handsome, 

 round-headed tree, with slender, spreading branches and 

 graceful bright green foliage, turning orange-yellow and 

 scarlet in autumn ; hardy. 



0, Linn. (IVeg^ndo fraxinifblinm , Nutt. iV. 

 ocerolrfcs, Mbnch. ). Ash-leaved Maple. Box Elder. 

 Large tree, 70 ft. : Ivs. 

 pinnate ; leaflets 3-5, 

 ovate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, coarsely 

 3-lobed, mostly gla- 

 brous, 2-5 in. long: fls. 

 before the Ivs. ; stami- 

 nate fls. in pendulous 

 corymbs, pistillate fls. 

 in pendulous racemes. 

 E. N. Amer. S. S. 2: 

 96. Michx. Hist. Arb. 



Japan.— 4. Siscii. Spach. 



tutaricum.— A. €00- 



iliforuicum.— A. CalifdV' 



caplllipei. Max. 



glabrous. JaiMin.- 



ci„rr,ism,s. Boiss 



th 



W.,whi'i 

 for shell 

 picturi'. 1 



Calitdrnienm, Diftr. Xajiiiido Lkilifiniiciim, Torr. & 

 Gray). Branches pubescent when young: leaflets .'), 

 densely pubescent beneath. W. N. Amer. S.S. 2:97. 

 Nutt. N. Am. Sylr. 2:72. Var. viol4ceunI, Arb. Muse. 

 ( .1 . r-ilifr'tniir,,',, . TT n-t.). A vigorously growing form; 

 liiiinrlir |.M!|.|' It "I'll L-lnucous bloom or finely pubcs- 

 iriii\v!i ; iiH^nteo-variegtltum, Hort. Lvs. 



Willi i.i.i! 111. Probably the most effective 



of nil v., M.-,; Ill -1 liiini:, trees. F.S. 17:1781. Var. aOreo- 

 maculatum, lliirf. Lvs. spotted with yellow. Var. adreo- 

 margin&tum, Hort. Lvs. with yellow margin. Var. 

 auratum, Spiith. Lvs. yellow. Var. crispum, G. Don. 

 Leaflets eurlpil. These horticultural varieties may bo 

 grafted on common Box Elder .seedlings. Box Elder 

 also grows from hardwood cuttings, like the grape. 



A. acumin&tum. Wall. (A. caudiitum, Wall. 

 Hort.. not Wall.). Tree: lvs. .i-lel.e.l, Jeeiib 

 Himaliiyas. G.C. II. 15: SCt.-.l ,rr,,)',fni . V 

 lvs. small, 5-7-lobed, doubl.v ^.nii- mniv 

 G.C. II. 15: 725. Hardy and -1 

 Tratt.=.4. campestre, var. .\ u - 1 

 A. saccharum.— .4.. torWnirue, -M.r, .\iiie.l in. 



Trautvetteri.— -i. iUlosum. Wall, Tiill tree: lvs, r.-Iolje.I. eor- 

 date, 6-8in. across, tomentose below, coarsely serrate. Hima- 

 layas.— 4. Vimmianum. Mill.=A. dasycarpum.— .-l. Zoeschinae, 

 Pax.=A. neglectum, Lange. Alfred Rehdek. 



