350 DECIDUOUS TREES. 



MoNTPELiER Maple. Acer monspessulanum. — In size and gen- 

 eral appearance much resembles the preceding, though distinct in 

 the form of its leaves, which are three, instead of five-lobed. 



Round-leaved Maple. Acer circinatum. — A native of the 

 Pacific slope north of latitude 43". From twenty to forty feet in 

 height. Loudon describes it thus : " Branches slender, pendu- 

 lous and crooked, often taking root, etc. * * * * This is a very 

 marked and beautiful species." 



The Neapolitan Maple, Acer obtusatum, is a large variety, 

 native of the hills of southern Europe. Probably inferior to our 

 common native sorts, but worthy of a trial by professional tree 

 growers. 



The Tartarian Maple, Acer tartaricum, a low deciduous 

 tree, native of Tartary. Height twenty to thirty feet. Said to 

 thrive in a moist soil, and to be the earliest maple in leaf. 



It will be seen that, of the maples, the silver-leaved maple, the 

 sycamore, and the mcurophyllum, are the most rapid in growth and 

 largest ; the Norway, sugar and scarlet maples, and Neapolitan, 

 next smaller ; and the English field maple, the Montpelier maple, 

 the round-leaved, the Tartarian, and the Moosewood, the smallest. 

 It would require about an acre of ground to contain specimen 

 trees of the maple family alone. If one could have the nerve to 

 reject all other trees from the plantation, what a beautiful family 

 circle it would be ! 



THE WALNUTS. Juglans. 



The family of walnuts, as far as we propose to allude to them, 

 include what are known as English walnuts, our own black walnut, 

 and butternut, and the sub-family of the hickories and the pecan 

 nut, Carya. They are all large trees, with pinnate leaves and 

 edible nuts. 



