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which never attains to a large size, but its neatly variegated 

 Foliage renders it very desirable as an ornamental shrub. 



Norway Maple, or Actr platanoides. This has the 

 largest leaves of any maple I have seen, and is considered as 

 one of the finest ornamental trees. The flowers are hand- 

 some, come out early in the spring, and are of a fine yellow 

 colour. 



Ash Lea-ved Maple, or Acer negundo. This is a tree of 

 rapid growth, a native of our country; its leaves are of a 

 pale green, and well calculated to add to the variety of tint 

 in pleasure grounds. , 



Scarlet Maple, or Acer rubrum. Of all the species I 

 consider this the most desirable as an ornamental tree ; its 

 flowers are of a bright scarlet, and come out very early in 

 the spring, before the leaves ; and, when every other tree of 

 the forest seems naked and unadorned, this gives a cheerful 

 and brilliant appearance at a season when scarce a vestige 

 of verdure decks the landscape. 



English Maple, or Acer campestre. This is a tree of di- 

 minutive size, terming, by its curious shaped leaves and ge- 

 neral appearance, a great diversity among trees of this 

 genus. 



Striped Maple, or Ater striatnm.' This is a tree of fine 

 foliage, and medium stature ; the bark of the young branches 

 is most singularly striped with white. 



Mountain Maple, or Actr montanum. This is more di- 

 minutive in its growth than any other native species, pro- 

 ducing its seeds when not over four or five feet high, and 

 seldom attaining more than ten or twelve feet at its ma- 

 turity. 



Indigo Shrub, or Amorpha fruticosa, This shrub does 

 not Expand its foliage till late in spring ; they are large, 

 beautifully pinnated, with a terminate foliole; the flowers 

 are of a blueish purple colour, with bright yellow stamina, 

 and are produced in spikes of from seven to eight inches 

 long, at the ends of the branches these are very numerous, 

 and inuke a fine appearance. 



Angelica Tree, Hercules* Club, or Aralia sf/inosa This 

 attains to the height of from 16 to 20 feet; the stern, which 

 is of a dark brown, is defended by sharp spines; and even the 

 leaves are defended in a similar way. From these appear- 

 ances, it has derived the second name given to it above. 

 The flowers are produced in very large umbels, from the 



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