144 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



SCHWERDLER'S MAPLE (A. p. y var. Schwerdlerii). 

 During the spring and early summer the young leaves of 

 this tree are beautifully colored with purplish crimson, 

 but they soon change to a dark bronze green. It is one of 

 the most beautiful and ornamental of the maples during 

 this early growth. 



REITENBACH'S MAPLE (A. p., var. Reitenbachii). 

 This is not o^uite so beautifully colored in the spring as 

 the last, but retains its color later in the season. Also 

 very valuable. 



SYCAMORE MAPLE (A. pseudo-plat anus). A handsome 

 broad-spreading tree, similar in form to the last, with large, 

 thick, dark green leaves. It is rapid in growth and free 

 from the attack of insects and fungous pests. It is rather 

 heavy and coarse in growth and is not as beautiful as either 

 the sugar or Norway maple. 



RED OR SCARLET MAPLE (A. rubrum). Our common 

 swamp or red maple, found growing throughout our Eastern, 

 middle, and Western States, where it gives the most brilliant 

 coloring to the landscape by its bright red flowers and fruit 

 in the spring and the variously colored leaves in the 

 autumn. It grows best in rather moist locations, is easily 

 transplanted, and free from disease. 



SILVER MAPLE (A. dasycarpum). See Avenue- or 

 Street-trees. 



TARTARIAN MAPLE (A. Tartarica). A small tree with 

 small cut and lobed leaves, somewhat like those of the gray 

 birch, making an interesting and beautiful tree when in 

 flower or in fruit and again by its brilliant coloring in the 

 autumn. 



JAPANESE MAPLES (A. polymorphum and Japonic-urn). 

 These are small-growing trees possessing a great variety 



