56 yUNE EFFECTS ON THE LAWN. 



varieties of these variegated and purple-leaved sycamores. 

 The simple purple-leaved is one of the most effective, and 

 is specially peculiar because the strong purple tinge is con- 

 fined to the under side of the leaf, so that in order to do it 

 justice it should be seen more or less ruffled by the wind. 

 Then there is the silver variegated and golden-tinged varie- 

 ties, and a fine distinct kind striped and barred with white 

 and red and green. There are other golden ^'arieties vari- 

 ously blotched and suffused with yellow, such as Leopoldii 

 or lutesoens, and a purple-leaved kind more variegated in 

 tint than the one generally termed purple-lea/oed, and which 

 doubtless is the best variety noteworthy for that color. 



All these curiously and richly tinted maples are, however, 

 peculiar only for the short time their ]'ich colors continue to 

 be striking. They come almost with June, and generally go 

 with June, for the heat of midsummer dulls them sooner 

 than those of most other trees, although the same heat 

 affects unfavorably the abnormal purple and gold color of 

 nearly all deciduous leaves. 



But to realize the effect of rich color iu June we must 

 turn to the varieties of Norway maple, Acer platanoides, 

 and to platanoides Sclvwerdlerii especially, with its broad 

 red purple leaves. The leaves of the Norway maple, 

 in any case, are massive and noble. They are not, perhaps, 

 larger than those of the sycamore, but they are more nume- 

 rous, have shorter stems, and are piled together in a more 

 effective manner. 



The purple Acer- platcmoides Schwerdhrii glo^vs espe- 

 cially when viewed against strong evening or morning sun- 

 light. At such times, its colors literally flash and sparkle. 



