GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



with slight markings of green; and still others of 

 green, veined with silver and margined all about 

 with rose color. In the outline and texture of their 

 leaves, these maples also show great variety, some 

 being palm-shaped, others like stars, while others 

 are fernlike or cut and lobed in fantastic fashions. 



Indeed, so many of these little trees are now known 

 to be hardy in this country that the purchaser has 

 ample scope to please his fancy when choosing them 

 for planting outside the garden. The golden yellow 

 leaves, slightly marked with green, of Acer Japonicum 

 aureum make it of value in places where a cheerful 

 color is desired. A. polymorphum atropurpureum is 

 always interesting from its habit of changing its 

 blood-red leaves of spring to purplish red during the 

 summer, and then to bright crimson for the autumn. 

 A. polymorphum septemlobum, with its deeply cut, 

 glossy, green leaves, has a distinct purpose when planted 

 as a contrast to the reds of the atropurpureum. 



Through the employment of Japanese maples, 

 the lawn can be provided with charming masses of 

 color. In June, when the genus of maples is at its 

 best, their foliage gleams brightly, as yet undimmed 

 by dust or the intense heat of summer. In the autumn 

 again, the days of the reds and the gold, they cast off 

 the little laxity they have shown during the summer 

 and shine most radiantly. 



Intense heat occasionally harms these fascinating 

 dwarf trees, and an exposed position in winter will 

 cause them to suffer from cold. Nevertheless, I have 

 known them to live lustily from year to year in a 



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