542 NEW EXGLAXD TREES IX WINTER. 



NORWAY MAPLE 



Acer platanoides L. 



HABIT — A mediumly large tree reaching in Europe 100 ft. in height, 

 Willi round spreading head. 



HARK — Dark, broken into firm, close, narro"u' ridges T^^hich run 

 togetlit-r and fuclose small diamond-shaped spaces, somewhat resembling 

 bark of W^hite Ash but the ridges and diamond-shaped spaces are finer. 



TM'IGS — Stout, smooth, shining. broT\-n to g'reenish or yellowish- 

 brown, branchlets of two or mure years g-rowih and even vigorous 

 season's shoots plainly streaked with fine, irrt-gular, longitudinal cracks 

 In bark. 



LE.\F-SCARS — Opposite, narrow V-shaped, half encircling the twig, 

 the adjacent edges of opposite leaf-scars niteting and oLmtinued upward 

 into a short tooth. BUNDLE-SCARS — 3. 



BUDS — Completely red or yellowish-green toward the base, sometimes 

 "U'hole bud strongl>' tinged with yello'u'ish-green ; terniinai bud larger 

 than lateral buds, 5-S mm. long, more than ^4 as broad as long, 

 oval to ovate: generally with a pair of comparatively large lateral buds 

 belo'w terminal bud; lateral buds small, appressed. BUD-SCALES — thick, 

 more or less keeled, margin very finely hairy: scales to terminal bud 

 generally 5 pairs — 2, or at most 3 pairs only showing smooth but 

 enclosing 2 pairs which are thickly covered with dark rusty-brown 

 hairs; in small buds sometimes 4 pairs smooth and 1 pair hairy. 



FRl'IT — Cienerallj- over .' cm. long, seed- like portion flattish, with 

 wings di\"erging in a straight line. 



CO>rPARIS0\S — The Norway Maple is easily distinguished from the 

 Sycannire ilaple by the redness of its buds, tlie brown hairiness uf the 

 inner scales, the ridging of the bark and the divergen-e nf the wings 

 of the fruit; from the native Maples by the large buds and the character- 

 istically ridged bark. 



DISTRiniTIOX — A European form extensively cultivated as a shade 

 tree being rnure tolerant of unfavorable city conditions than most 

 other fiprms. Its low head, however, is a disadvantage for city street 

 planting. 



AVOOD — Moderately hea^'v. hard, close-grained, T\'hite or yellowish- 

 white, fairly durable under cover but of short duration in the open; used 

 In Eu r<.">pe by joiners. fiT finer wheeUvrights" ^vork, for carving, for 

 mathematical instruments and for various uther purposes. 



