6 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Acer Negundo, Linne. 



The Box-Elder of North America. A tree, deciduous like 

 the rest of the Maples; attains a height of about fifty feet, 

 and is rich in saccharine sap. Proved well adapted for our 

 country. In California it is used extensively as a shade-tree. 



Acer palmatum, Thunberg. 



This beautiful tree with deeply-cleft leaves is indigenous to 

 Japan, where various varieties with red and yellow tinged 

 leaves occur. Should it be an aim to bring together all the 

 kinds of Maples which could be easily grown in appropriate 

 spots of Victoria, then J apan alone would furnish twenty-fi.ve 

 species. 



Acer plantanoides, Linne. 



The Norway-Maple, extending south to S^vitzerland. Up to 

 seventy feet high. The pale wood much used by cabinet- 

 ^ makers. Tint of the autumn-foliage golden yellow. A tree 

 of imposing appearance, much recommended for ornamental 

 gardening; it gives a denser shade than the other Maples. 



Acer Pseudo-platanus, Linne. 



The Sycamore-Maple or Spurious Plane. Attains a height 

 of over 100 feet. The wood is compact and firm^ valuable 

 for various implements, instruments, and cabinet-work. It 

 furnishes like some other Maples a superior charcoal. Will 

 admit of exposure to sea-air. The sap also saccharine. 



Acer rubrum, Linne. 



The Ped Maple of North America. A tree attaining eighty 

 feet, fond of swampy places; wood close-grained. Grows well 

 with several other Maples, even in dry open localities of this 

 part of Austi'alia, although the foliage may somewhat suffer 

 from our hot winds. The foliage turns red in autumn. The 

 tree grows most luxuriantly in swampy fertile soil. The wood 

 is of handsome appearance, used in considerable quantity for 

 saddle-trees, yokes, chairs and other furniture. That of old 

 trees is sometimes cross-grained, and thus furnishes a portion 

 of the curled Maple-wood, which is very beautiful and much 

 in request for gun-stocks and inlaying. The tree yields also 

 Maple-sugar, but like A. dasycarpum only in about half the 

 quantity obtainable from A. saccharinum (Porcher). 



Acer saccharinum, Wangenheim.*" 



The Sugary Pock, or Hard Maple; one of the largest of the 

 Maples. In the colder latitudes of North America, eighty 

 feet high. The wood is strong, of rosy tinge, and when well- 

 seasoned used for axle-trees, spokes, also for chairs; when 

 knotty or curly it furnishes the birdseye and curly maple- 

 wood. In the depth of winter the trees, when tapped, will 



