270 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
A. Ginnala Max. (150) (Tartaricum), Tartartan Maple, from Russia, 
and hardy in Manitoba, 1s a small shrub or tree of shrub-like, irregular, 
roundish to elliptical form, with a dense, very pleasing, shiny foliage of 
roundish outline, not lobed, but only more or less deeply notched, which 
Fic 93.— Japanese Maple. Acer Japonicum ‘Thunb. 
turns orange, crimson, to dark purple, answering the purpose for which 
the dainty Japanese maples are used, where these are not hardy. The 
fruit also colors pleasingly. 
A number of nurserymen’s varieties increase the usefulness of this 
genus. Of these may be mentioned, besides A. Weirt, above referred 
to; 
