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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART Hi. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, coria- 

 ceous, smooth, rounded at the base. Racemes compound ; wings of fruit 

 parallel, smooth, separated. (Don's Mill., i. p. 648.) Native of Nepal, 

 where it flowers in February; inti'oduced in 1824. Height 20 ft. This 

 species is rather tender, and somewhat difficult to keep in the open ground. 

 We are not aware of any living plant of it being in tlie neighbourhood of 

 London ; but there is one in the arboretum of John Thomas Brooks, Esq., 

 at Flitvvick House, Bedfordshire, which is frequently killed down to the 

 ground during winter, but always shoots up vigorously the following spring. 

 The leaves and general appearance of the shoots resemble those of a euca- 

 lyptus ; hence its character among maples is so very extraordinary, that to 

 the botanist it must be a species of very great interest. 



^ 2. A. tata'ricum L. The Tartarian Maple, 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1495. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 593. ; Hayne Dend., p. 209. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 648. 

 Synonymes. E'rable de Tartaric, Fr. ; Tartarische Ahorn, Ger. ; Zarza-modon, or Locust Tree, i!«.w. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Rok., t. 3. ; Tratt. Arch., 1. No. 1..'; Wat. Dend. Brit., 1. 160. j our Jig, 111. in 

 p. 434. ; and the plate-of this species in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char. Leaves cordate, undivided, serrated, with obsolete lobes. Ra- 

 cemes compound, crowded, erect ; wings of fruit parallel, young ones pube- 

 rulous. (Don's Mill., i. p. 648.) A low tree, native of Tartary, introduced 

 in 17,59 ; flowering in May and June, and growing to the height of from 

 20 ft. to 30 ft. 



Description, ^c. The branches are numerous, and disposed into a compact 

 head, densely covered with leaves, which are distinguished by a peculiarly 

 veiny appearance, and lively green. The flowers are of a pale greenish yellow, 

 sometimes slightly tinged with red, as are the fruit, or keys, before their ma- 

 turity. When raised from seed, the plant will come into flower in 5 or 6 

 years ; and, in good soil, it will attain the height of 15 ft. in 10 years. 



Geography, History, (^c. This species is common throughout all the south 

 of European Russia; but it is not found on the Ural Mountains, or on 

 Caucasus. Near the Wolga and its tributary streams, it forms a hemisphe- 

 rical tree, about 20 ft. in height, and the same in diameter. In New Russia, 

 it attains the size of A'cev campestre. (Pall.) According to some, this 

 species will thrive in a moister soil than most others. The wood is hard ; 

 and, being of whitish colour veined with brown, it may be used for cabinet- 

 work. In ornamental plantations, this species is valuable on account of the 

 eai-ly expansion of its leaves, which appear before those of almost every other 

 kind of ^^cer. Pallas informs us, that-the Calmucks, after depriving the keys of 

 their wings, boil them in water, and afterwards use them lor food, mixed up 

 with milk and butter. In Britain, it is planted solely as an ornamental tree 

 or bush. 



Statistics. The largest specimen of it in the neighbourhood of London is 

 at Syon, where it has attained the height of 25 ft. In Devonshire, at Ends- 

 leigh Cottage, 18 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Sussex, at West Dean, 

 15 years planted, it is 19 ft. high. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, 16 ft. high, 

 with a head 20 ft. in diameter. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 30 years 

 planted, and 30 ft. high. In Scotland, in the Perth Nursery, 14 years planted 

 and 10 ft. high. Price, in London, l^. ; and at BoUwyller, 1 franc each. 



B. Leaves 3-lobed, or trifid ; rarely 6-lobed. 

 ^ 3. A. spiCA^TUM L. The &\)iked-flowered Maple. 



Identifwation. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 381.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 593. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 648. 



Synonymes. A. montSnum Ait, Hort. Kew., 3. p. 435. ; A. pennsylvanicum Du Hoi, Harlek , t. 2. j A. 



parviflbrum Ehrh. ; Mountain Maple, E rable de Montagne, Fr. ; Berg Ahorn, Ger. 

 Engravings, Trat. Arch., No. 13. 5 our j^^. 115. in p. 435. ; and the plate of this species in our Second 



Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cordate, 3- or slightly 5-lobed, acuminated, pubescent 

 beneath, unequally and coarsely serrated. Racemes componnd, ei'ect'. 

 Petals linear. Fruit smooth, with the wings rather diverging. (Don's 



