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102738. ACER ARGUTUM. Maple. From Manchuria.. Obtained from Manshu Nosan Shokai, t^ 

 Inc., Dairen. A graceful, shrubby, deciduous tree with erect branches and doubly 



serrate leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The flowers, produced in April before the leaves, 



are greenish yellow, and the keys are borne in hanging racemes. This tree is native ^ 



to the mountain woods of Japan and makes an elegant appearance with its pale-green 



leaves during the summer and its purple-brown branches in the winter. For trial in 



all but the coldest parts of the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



102739. ACER CISSIFOLIUM. Maple. From Manchuria , Obtained from Manshu Nosan Shokai, 

 Inc.. Dairen, A Japanese maple of compact rounded, rather shrubby habit, becoming 

 30 feet or more high, with leaves composed of three leaflets up to 4 inches long. 

 It is closely related to Acer negundo. The minute flowers are produced in May, with 

 the leaves; the keys, about 1 inch long, occur in long racemes. In autumn the foliage 



turns red and yellow. For trial throughout the United States except in the warmer ', 

 parts of the Southern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



102289. ACER DIABOLICUM. Devil maple. From Manchuria. Obtained from Manshu Nosan 

 Shokai, Inc., Dairen. A tree up to 30 feet high v/ith 5-lobed leaves 4 to 8 inches 

 across, the broadly ovate lobes being coarsely and remotely dentate. The racemes 

 of small yellow flowers are followed by keys with bristly nutlets. It is native to 

 Japan and belongs in the same section of the genus as the sugar and black maples. 

 For trial as far north as central New York and west cf the Rocky Mountains. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



102290, ACER MICRANTHUM* , Maple. From Manchuria. Obtained from Manshu Nosan Shokai, 

 Inc., Dairen. A graceful shrubby tree of the section Macrantha, native to Japan. 

 The cordate, double-serrate leaves are 5- to 7-lobed; the small green-white flowers 

 are in slender racemes and the wings of the keys spread almost at right angles. For 

 trial from Massachusetts and central New York southward and west of the Rocky Mount- 

 ains. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



82471. ACER PSEUDO-SIEBOLDIANUM. Maple. From Chosen. Presented by the Forest 

 Experiment Station, Keijo. A small tree, native to Manchuria, with cordate leaves 

 divided into 9 to 11 lanceolate serrate lobes, and corymbs of purple flowers. It 

 belongs in the section Palmata and is closely related to Acer s ieboldianum . (Supply 

 very limited.) For trial in all but the warmest and coldest parts of the United 

 States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) «, 



102292. ACER RUFINERVE. Maple. From Dairen, Manchuria. Procured from Manshu 



Nosan Shokai, Inc. A small deciduous Japanese tree with small bluish-white young <« 



shoots, and dark green irregularly serrate, 3-lobed or obscurely 5-lobed leaves. 



It belongs in the section Macrantha and is closely related to Ace r pennsy lvanicum . 



The keys are up to f inch long and spread at right angles. Occasionally the young 



foliage, the leaf-stalks, and the midribs are red. For trial in the upper South and ( 



the milder parts of the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



101172. ACER SIEBOLDIANUM MICROPHYLLUM. Maple. Seedlings from trees growing on ^^ 

 the campus of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, the seeds having been presented 

 by Prof. L. L. Blundell. A shrub or small tree, native to Japan, with 7- to 9-lobed 

 leaves only 2 inches broad. It is related to Acer palmatum but is somewhat coarser. 



