ACER, continued 



A. pseudo-platanus. European Sycamore Maple. (L r) A handsome 

 tree, of upright growth, with large foliage and smooth, gray-colored bark. 



A. pseudo-plantanus, var. purpurea. Purple Sycamore Maple. (Z, r) 



A purple-leaved form of great merit. The habit of growth is the same as A. 

 pseudo-platanus, but leaves are of a purplish red beneath, giving the tree a deep 

 purple shade which is retained all season. 



A. rubrum. Red, or Scarlet Maple. (Lv) Attractive for its excellent 

 habit, earliness of the scarlet flowers and bright red seed-pods in the late 

 spring. The deep green foliage turns to scarlet and orange in the fall. 



A. saccharinum. Sugar Maple. (L r) No better tree can be used for 

 street, park or lawn planting, as its growth is straight, its form symmetrical. 

 It is well adapted for planting near buildings, and, being deep-rooted, the 

 grass will grow up to its very trunk, which is quite a strong point in its favor. 

 It will thrive in almost all localities except where the ground is damp or boggy. 

 No tree has more gorgeous autumn coloring ; it varies in all shades of yel- 

 low, orange and scarlet. (See plate on page 36.) 



A. spicatum. Mountain Maple. (D s) A shrubby tree with light green 

 foliage, bearing in summer bright red seed-pods. Valuable in undergrowth. 



A. Tataricum, var. Ginnala. Tartarian Maple. (Dm) Of graceful, 

 shrubby growth, with handsome foliage, turning to bright red in autumn. 

 One of the most brilliant of fall-coloring trees and a good substitute for the 

 Japanese Maples where they are not hardy. 



THE JAPANESE MAPLES 



A. polymorphum. Japanese Maple. (Dm) A tree of dense growth, 

 with deeply lobed foliage of bright green, changing to a purplish hue in August. 



A. polymorphum, var. ampelopsilobum. Seven -lobed Maple. (S v) Of 

 larger growth than the type and with larger foliage, which is light green in 

 summer, coloring brilliant crimson in the fall. 



A. polymorphum, var. atropurpureum. Blood -leaved Japanese Maple. 

 (S s) A compact grower, with delicately cut leaves of a beautiful blood-red 

 in the spring, changing to purplish red, which lasts throughout the season. 



A. polymorphum, var. atropurpureum dissectum. Weeping Blood - 

 leaved Japanese Maple. (D s) Most beautiful ; delicately divided leaves of 

 deep blood-red ; the branches are long, slender and pendulous. 



A. polymorphum, var. aureum. Golden Japanese Maple. (D s) A form 

 with round, slightly cut, light yellow foliage. 



A. polymorphum, var. dissectum. Cut -leaved Japanese Maple. (VD s) 

 A weeping form', with delicately divided foliage of beautiful light green. (See 

 plate on page 41.) 



A. polymorphum, var. palmatum. (Sv) A dense grower, very much 

 branched ; foliage round, not so deeply cut as that of filicifolium ; bright green. 



A. polymorphum, var. scolopendiflorum. (Dm) An open grower, with 

 clean, deeply cut, narrow, blood-red foliage, which holds its color well. 



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