138 MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



The bark of the Magnolia is used in medicine. 

 Magnolia tripetala disseminates such a powerful 

 perfume that, in spite of its sweetness, it produces 

 nausea and sickness. 



Maple [Acer campestre, Natural Order, Sapin- 

 dacese) is a hardy tree, which prefers a well-drained 

 loamy soU. The maples have ornamental foliage 

 — Acer negundo has light green leaves, Acer 

 pseudoplantanus (sycamore) has purple leaves, 

 Acer japonicum atropurpureum has reddish-purple 

 leaves, and Acer negundo variegatum has beautiful 

 whitish or silver-edged leaves. 



The ashes of the Maple contain in 100 parts : — 



One ton of Maple extracts 36 lbs. of mineral 

 matter from the soU. 



Metrosideros (Metrosideros scandens, Natural 

 Order, Myrtacese) is a greenhouse evergreen climb- 

 ing shrub bearing flowers. It grows in a compost 

 of equal parts of peat, loam and silver sand. 



