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Acacia Seyal, Delile. 



In the Libyan and Nubian deserts. This thorny tree exudes 

 a good kind of Gum Arabic. It is adapted for the most 

 arid desert country. In any oasis it forms a large and shady 

 tree. 



Acacia stenophylla, A. Cunningham. 



On banks of watercourses in the interior of Australia, as far 

 south as the Murray River. A tree with exquisite hard dark 

 wood, serving like Myall-wood. 



Acacia Verek, Guillemin and Perrottet. 



From Senegambia to Nubia. Affords the best white Gum 

 Arabic of the Nile region, and a large quantity of this com- 

 mercial article. A. Etbaica (Schweinf.) from the same region 

 produces also a good mercantile gum. 



Acer campestre, Linne. 



The British Maple. Extends from Middle Europe to North 

 Asia. Height forty feet, in shelter and deep soil ; the yellow 

 and purple tints of its foliage in autumn render the tree then 

 particularly beautiful. The wood is compact and fine-grained, 

 and sought for choice furniture. The tree can be trimmed 

 for hedge-growth. Comparatively quick of growth, and easily 

 raised from seed. These remarks apply to many kinds of 

 Maples. 



Acer dasycarpum, Ehrhart. 



The White Maple of North America. Likes rather a warmer 

 climate than the other American Maples, and therefore par- 

 ticularly desirable for us here. Height fifty feet; wood pale 

 and soft, stem sometimes nine feet in diameter. Much 

 praised for street-planting; growth comparatively rapid. It 

 produces no suckers, nor is the tree subject to disease. A 

 most beautiful tree, with a stout stem and a magnificent 

 crown, growing best on the banks of rivers with limpid 

 water and a gravelly bed, but never in swampy ground, 

 where the Red Maple takes its place. The wood is of less 

 strength and durability than that of its congeners, but pro- 

 duces excellent charcoal. The tree also yields Maple-sugar, 

 though not in such quantity as A. saccharinum. 



Acer macrophyllum, Pursh. 



Large Oregon-Maple. Tree up to ninety feet high, of quick 

 growth ; stem attaining sixteen feet in circumference ; wood 

 whitish, beautifully .veined. A beautiful shade-tree; delights 

 on banks of streams. The inner bark can be utilised for 

 baskets and superior mats; the wood is a substitute for 

 hickory. 



