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velvety green leaves, but of rather dwarfish habit. Worle's 

 Golden-leaved, leaves spotted with yellow. Leopold's Striped- 

 leaved, leaves streaked with green, yellow, and white. Doug- 

 las's Sycamore Maple, leaves quite small, pointed, and of a 

 uniform yellowish color. 



A. plantanoides; — Norway Maple. — A large round-headed tree, 

 resembling in general appearance the Sugar Maple, but is a 

 slower grower, at least this has been my experience with it, 

 and I think most cultivators of it will agree with me on this 

 point, but Mr. F. J. Scott, in his notes on this species in "Su- 

 burban Home Grounds" says : "This species has a more vigor- 

 ous growth than the Sugar Maple." From my experience 

 I should not expect a Norway seedling to reach more than one- 

 half the size of the Sugar Maple in the same number of years. 

 The leaves are larger and thicker than those of the Sugar Maple, 

 but of the same rich, green color. The young twigs and buds 

 are a little coarser, but the bark on the twigs, larger branches, 

 and stem of the trees is very similar in general appearance to 

 that of the Sugar Maple. 



The Norway Maple i^a valuable forest tree, although it is of 

 rather slow growth while young, but it is worthy of the atten- 

 tion of tree planters in our Northern States. The trees produce 

 seeds freely, even when of only moderate size, and can be ob- 

 tained in almost unlimited quantities from trees growing in this 

 country. There are quite a number of varieties of the Norway 

 Maple, among which the following are probably the most dis- 

 tinct : Cut-leaved (dissectum), leaves regularly and deeply 

 divided into almost three equal parts, and of a clear, glossy 

 green color. Eagle's Claw, leaves cut, pointed and curled at 

 the point into a resemblence of an eagle's claw, hence the 

 name. Curled-leaved, leaves more curled, but deeply cut like 

 the Eagle's Claw, but stiU distinct. Schwerdler's Norway 

 Maple, leaves while young variegated with deep, reddish purple, 

 and sometimes the second growth in summer is similarly 

 marked, a handsome variety. Reitenback's Norway Maple, a 

 new variety somewhat like the above, but may prove to be dis- 

 tinct. Lorberg's Maple, leaves deeply cut but of a bright, 

 reddish color while young. 



A. eampestre. — English Field Maple. — Although this species is 

 very widely known as the English Maple, it is not confined to 

 Great Britan, but is found well distributed over Western Europe. 

 It is but a small tree when full grown, seldom exceeding thirty 



