ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy loam. Position, warm sheltered border. 
Plant, Oct. to April. Propagate by seed sown } in. deep in light soil ; 
division of roots in Oct. or March. . 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. longifolius, rosy-purple, June, 3 to 4 ft, Dalmatia; 
candelabrum, purple, July, 3 ft.; hirsutus, rose, July, 2 to 3 ft., Orient; mollis, 
white, rose, lilac, 3 to 4 ft., 8. Europe; mollis latifolius, a superior variety, 
spinosus, purplish, July, 2 to 4 ft., Levant; spinosus spinosissimum, rosy-flesh, July, 
3 ft., Dalmatia. 
Acer (Maple).—Ord. Sapindacee. Hardy trees. Orn, foliage. De- 
ciduous. 
CULTURE: Soil, well-drained loam. Position, shrubberies or open 
eet ; Japanese kinds in warm borders or in pots in cool greenhouse. 
lant, Oct. to March. Propagate by seeds sown 3 in, deep in sheltered 
position Oct.; grafting March; budding Aug. for choice Japanese and 
variegated kinds; layering Oct. 
USEFUL DATA: Common Maple (Acer campestris) will grow to an 
altitude of 1,200ft., and the Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus) to 
1,500 ft. above sea level. Timber reaches maturity at 40 years of age. 
Average life of trees, 500 to 700 years. Timber ot Sycamore, used for 
making pattern moulds, stair rails, turnery, etc.; that of common 
species and Sugar or Bird’s Eye Maple (A. saccharinum) for cabinet 
work. Average weight of cubic foot of Sycamore wood, 411b.; number 
of cubic feet in a ton. 54. Average weight of cubic foot of Maple 
wood, 42lb.; number of cubic feet in a ton, 50. Average value of 
Sycamore wood per cubic foot, 1s. to 1s. Gd.; Maple, 1s. to 1s. 9d. 
Number of seeds in a pound, 5,000. Number of Maple seeds required to 
plant an acre of ground, 141b.; Sycamore, 301b. Sycamore best tree 
for hilly exposed positicns. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. argutum, Japan; campestre (Common Maple), 
Britain; campestre variegatum, leaves white and yellow, Britain, 20 ft.; carpini- 
folium, 50 ft., Japan; circinatum, leaves scarlet in autumn, 5 to 6 ft., N.W. 
America; dasycarpum, 40 ft., N. America; dasycarpum aureo-marginatum, leaves 
mottled yellow; japonicum, 20 ft. Japan; japonicum aureum, golden leaved; 
japonioum laciniatum, finely cut leaves; japonicum rufinerve albo-lineatum, leaves 
edged creamy white; Negundo (Box Elder), 20 to 40 ft., N. America; Negundo 
crispum, curled leaves; Negundo laciniatum, finely cut leaves; Negundo variega- 
tum, silvery leaves; palmatum, 10 to 20 ft., Japan; palmatum aureum, yellow and 
scarlet-tinted foliage; palmatum albo-marginatum, leaves edged with white; pal- 
matum atropurpureum, bronzy-purple leaves; palmatum rosea-marginatum, leaves 
edged with rose; palmatum septemlobum atropurpureum, purple foliage; palma- 
tum septomlobum bicolor, leaves carmine tinted; paliatum septemlobum elegans, 
leaves finely cut, red and bronze tinted; palmatum septemlobum flavescens, leaves 
yellow tinted; palmatum dissectum ornatum, leaves fern-like and bronzy purple 
tinted; palmatum dissectum roseo-marginatum, leaves tinted with rose and white; 
platanoides (Norway Maple), 50 ft., Europe; platanoides, aureo-variegatum, leaves 
blotched with yellow; platanoides laciniatum, leaves finely cut; platanoides 
variegatum, leaves blotched with white; pseudo-platanus (Sycamore) 30 to 60 ft., 
Central Europe; psuedo-platanus, albo-variegatum, leaves green and white; rubrum 
(Scarlet Maple), 20 ft., Canada, scarlet flowered; saccharinum (Bird's Eye or Sugar 
Maple), 40 ft., N. Amevica. 
Aceras (Green-man Orchis)—Ord. Orchidacew. Hardy terres- 
trial tuberous-rooted orchid. Deciduous. Nat. Britain. 
CULTURE: Soil, chalky loam. Position, open and dry. Plant, 
Oct. to March. Propagate by division of tubers Oct. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. Anthrophora, green, June, 6 to 10 ins. 
Achillea (Milfoil; Yarrow; Sweet Maudlin'.—Ord. Composite. 
Hardy herbaceous perennials. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, dwarf species on rockery, tall 
ones in open borders. Plant Oct. to April. Propagate by seeds sawn 
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