THE VINE MAPLE (.Ic-r circiuatu, 



This leaf is almost circular in outline. The 



I'e strikes root with its prostrate limt 

 It u-rosxs in the Xorthwest 



thus formini; an i^lpeI'etr,•ll^le jungle. 



THE JAPANESE MAPLE 



(Acer palmatum, var. dissectum) 



The leaf of this variety has been redureil by cultivation 

 to a mere skeleton 



HE DWARF -\L-\PLE (An-r glahrum) 



This tree is variable in its leaf forms, even to producing com- 

 pound leaves. They vary also in size. It is smooth throughout. 

 Often it bears flowers separately, like the box elder. It is native 

 to the mountainous West 



