THE 



Hiftl 



VOL. VIII.] 



OCTOBER, 1885. 



[No. 10. 



THE CITT-LEATED MAPLES. 



We present our readers this montli 

 with a colored phite of Weir's Ciitleaved 

 Maple. Fully a dozen years have 

 passed since this tree was introduced 

 to the tree planting public, and although 

 it is perfectly adapted to our climate, 

 and thrives almost anywhere, one seldom 

 meets with a specimen growing among 

 the trees on our lawns. Our neighbors 

 over the border have planted it very 

 generally, so much so that it is regarded 

 as one of their most popular ornamen- 

 tal trees. It would not be very sur- 

 prising to us, judging from its ]-arity 

 here, to learn that a large proportion 

 of our readers were quite unacquainted 

 with its appearance. To them at least 

 the colored plate will be a new i-evela- 

 tion, making them acquainted with a 

 maple whose foliage and habit are among 

 the maples, what the Cutleaved Birch 

 is among the birches. 



This tree is a variety of the Silver 

 Maple. The form of the leaf varies 

 from that of the type in being much^ 

 more deei)ly cut, as will be seen by a 

 glance at the leaf shown on the plate, 

 where the contrast between the color 

 of the upper and under sides, as well 

 as the peculiar shape of the leaf, is well 

 brought out. The young: shoots are 



also much longer and more slendei', 

 hence more drooping in habit. Like 

 the parent Silver Maple it is of very 

 rapid growth, and its delicately cut 

 leaves have the same silvery whiteness 

 on the under side, which gives name to 

 the species. The leaf stalks are long, 

 and tinted with red on the upper surface. 

 The contrast and blending of these 

 varied colors, when the long slender 

 branches are swaying in the wind, are 

 very pleasing. An avenue planted 

 with this cutleaved vai-iety would be a 

 very attractive and interesting feature 

 of any of our cities. 



Another cutleaved variety from seed 

 of the Silver Maple originated in the 

 grounds of Messrs Ellwanger and Barry. 

 It is quite upright in its style of growth, 

 and the young shoots have none of the 

 slender, drooping habit which is such a 

 distinguishing feature of Weir's. The 

 leaves are remarkable for great diversity 

 of form, some of them are even more 

 deeply cut than are those of Weir's, and 

 others again will be but slightly lobed. 

 This also is a very rapid growing tree, 

 a feature so generally desired by plant- 

 ers in these hurrying days. 



A third variety, raised in the grounds 

 of the same establishment and from seed 



