266 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
A. Negumdo Linn. (144), Boxelder, Ash-leaved Maple, is a small to 
medium-sized tree, native from Manitoba south, with compact, rounded 
Fic. 89. Norway Maple. Acer platenoides Linn. 
crown, its green branchlets of interest in winter, and its ash-like foliage 
in summer. It is of very rapid growth on good soils, but short-lived 
on poor ones, although adaptive to almost any soils excepting wet ones. 
