Febtusry 11, 1865.] 



JOUENAL OP HOETICULTUBE AUD COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 



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in England, and it is one of the kinds but yet very little 

 knomi. 



Acer Monspessolanum. 



A. stkiatujI (the Striped-barked Haple).— An Ameri- 

 can variety, growing from 10 to 15 feet high, forming a con- 

 siderable part of 

 the undern-ood 

 among Beeches, 

 Hemlock Spruce, 

 &c. Its wood, 

 which is very 

 white, is useful 

 for inlaying. 

 When cultivated 

 it grows much 

 larger than in 

 its native wilds. 

 " The trunk and 

 branches are 

 covered with a 

 smooth green 

 bark, longitudi- 

 nally marked 

 with black and 

 white stripes, by 

 which the tree is 

 readily distin- 

 guished at all 

 seasons of the 

 year." It is like- 

 wise remarkable 

 for the bright 

 rosy tint of its 

 young leaves in 

 spring. 



A. SACCSAEI- 



NTJii (the Sugar 

 ilaple). — Leaves 

 five-lobed, taper- 

 pointed, and very 

 coarsely toothed 

 A native of Brit- 

 ish Jf orth Ameri- 

 can provinces, 

 where it is found 

 m immense 

 quantities.giving 



in autumn to the woods of those countries a fine crimson 

 hue, caused by the changing of the leaves. It is called 

 the Sugar Maple, from the saccharine matter contained 

 in_ the ascending sap, from which brown sugar is ob- 

 tained. It is said that the Sugar Maple does not thrive 

 welliu England, and that even when in health it does not 

 attain a greater height than 15 feet, whereas in its native 

 home it has been found to reach SO feet. This may arise 

 from the comparative mildness of our winters, or its being 

 subjected to much smaller extremes of temperature at op- 

 posite seasons. It would be satisfactory to know if there 

 are specimens which have exceeded 15 feet in this country. 

 A. EEiocABPON (commonly known in America as the Whit^ 

 Maple). — It is a very rapid grower, and its wood is of little 

 value except for charcoal for gunpowder. " It is often 



confounded with A. rubrum, which in the leaves it nearly 

 resembles, but it differs in its fruit and flowers." 



A. RUBRini (the Eed Maple). — It derives its name from 

 the deep red colour of the flowers in spring, and the leaves 

 and seed-vessels in autumn. The leaves are heart-shaped 

 at the base, glaucous beneath, deeply and unequally toothed, 

 very much like A. erioearpon, but the leaves are altogether 

 smaller than that variety. Its wood is also harder and of a 

 finer and closer grain ; hence, lUce the other harder kinds of 

 Maple, it is easily wrought in the lathe, and acquires by 

 polishing a glossy and silken surface. It is one of the most 

 ornamental of the Maples, but thrives best in damp situa- 

 tions. Found in Canada, and abundantly in different parts 

 of the United States. 



A. crEciNATu:!! (the Curled Maple from North-western 

 America). — Its leaves are seven-lobed, the lower two 

 smaller than the others, acutely notched. Loudon says, 

 " The wood is fine, white, close grained, very tough, and sus- 

 ceptible of a good polish." We are told that it is a small 

 and almost worthless tree. The light tint of its foliage, 

 and the regular form of its leaves, give it a distinctive 

 character, and a. right to a place in the arboretum. 



A. cAUBATirai is remarkable for the long-pointed middle 



lobe of its leaves, 

 whence its name. 

 It is found in the 

 higher regions of 

 Himalaya Moun- 

 tains, in jS'epaul. 

 It is as yet but 

 little known in 

 this country. 



A. BAKEATTJlr. 



— An American 

 variety, and it 

 must be consider- 

 ed a shrub rather 

 than a tree. It 

 has been propa- 

 gated and distri- 

 buted under the 

 name of A. trUo- 

 batum, but it is 

 seldom met with. 



A. PALMATtrai 



is described as a 

 Japanese kind, 

 introduced in 

 1832. It is also 

 said to be a very 

 striking variety, 

 which, judging 

 from whence it 

 came, would most 

 likely be the 

 case. Loudon 

 thought it rather 

 tender ; but now 

 that we know 

 more about Ja- 

 panese plants, 

 there is not 

 much fear that it 

 would not flou- 

 rish in our cli- 

 Can any one kindly furnish information on this or 



Acer erioearpon, 



mate. 



any other Japanese variety r 



A. ca:iii>estee is the common Maple of our shaws and 

 hedgerows. — Adolphus H. Kent. 



(To be continued.) 



WOEK FOE, THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN SAEDEX. 



It is now necessary to determine what the different quar- 

 ters of the garden shall be cropped with during the season. 

 The chief rule to be observed with all annual vegetables is 

 never to have two crops of the same class directly following 

 each other. Though excellent plans of rotation may be laid 



