TREES AND SHRUBS 



A deciduous tree, 30-40 ft. ; semi-pendulous, much branched ; growth 

 rapid ; 7\oigs red ; Buds carmine ; Wood soft, little value. 



Introduced from N. America, 1725. Synonymous with A. eriocarpum 

 (Michaux) and ./. saccharinum (Linna'us). 



JAPANESE MAPLE, Acer japonieum. 



Gardens. Requires protection from cold winds in spring. April. 



Flowers deep purplish -red, large ; Fruit a samara. 



Leaves usually 10-lobed, small, in early spring a very light green, colouring 

 well in autumn. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, 10-20 ft. ; very slow in growth. 



Introduced from Japan, 1863. Many varieties with deeply cut and highly 

 coloured leaves. 



CALIFORNIAN MAPLE, Acer macrophyUum. 



Parks, gardens, avenues. A tree of rapid growth, elegant in aspect, but 

 requiring shelter for its leaves to come to perfection. May. 



Floivers greenish-yellow, fragrant, conspicuous, monoecious, appearing after 

 leaves are full grown ; Inflorescence a drooping compound raceme, 4-6 ins. 

 long, pedicels slender, pubescent ; Sepals petaloid, obovate, obtuse ; Petals 

 spathulate ; Stamens 9-10, filaments, long, slender, hairy at base, exserted in 

 males, anthers orange ; Ovary hoary, tomentose, styles united at base, 

 stigmas long, exserted ; Fruit a samara, 2 large, widely extended winged 

 carpels, stiff, stinging hairs at base ; ripe in September. 



Leaves digitately 5-lobed, roundish deep sinuses, lobes slightly 3-lobed, 

 6-8 ins. across, nearly 1 ft. long, glossy green, pubescent, lobelets acute, 

 petioles long. Autumn tint yellowish-brown, orange. 



A deciduous tree, 50-90 ft. ; ample head, rounded ; Trunk 10-15 ft. in 



circumference ; Twigs purplish ; Bark brown, deeply furrowed, square plate- 



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