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is 16 ft. high J in Yorkshire, at Ripley Castle, 11 years planted, it is 15 ft. 

 high. In Scotland, in the garden of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, 9 

 years planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Ireland, at Oriel Temple, 35 years planted, 

 it is 27 ft. high. Price of plants, in the London Nurseries, Is. &d. each ; at 

 BoUwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; and at New York, 25 cents a plant, and 1 dol- 

 lar and 50 cents for a quart of seed. 



C. Leaves 5~lobed. 



^ 5. A, macrophy'llum Pursk. The long, or large, leaved Maple, 



Tdentification. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 267. ; Dec. Prod., 1 p. 594. ; Don's Mill., 1 p. 649. 

 Engravings. Hook. FJ. Bor. Amer., 1. 1 38. ; om figs. 117. in p. 438,439., and IIS. in p. 440, 441. ; and 

 the plate of this species in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., S^c, Leaves digitately 5-lobed, M'ith roundish recesses. Lobes 

 somewhat 3-lobed, repandly toothed, pubescent beneath, racemes com- 

 pound, erect. Stamens 9, with hairy filaments. Ovaries very hairy. (Don's 

 ]\£ill., i. p. 648.) The leaves vary much in size, and also in the manner in 

 which they are lobed. Those of the dried specimens sent home by Mr. 

 Douglas, are cut nearly to the base, so as almost to merit the appellation of 

 palmate, while those of young plants in the London Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, and at Messi's. Loddiges's, are not more deeply cut than those of 

 A. platanoides, as may be seen by our figs, in p. 440, 441., taken from 

 leaves gathered in these gardens. 



Description, Src A tree of the largest size, a native of the north-west 

 coast of North America, and introduced into England in 1812 j where, how- 

 ever, it has not yet flowered. In its native country it is found exclusively in 

 woody mountainous regions along the sea coast, between 40° and 50° N. lat., 

 and on the great rapids of the Columbia. This noble tree. Dr. Hooker observes, 

 was unquestionably discovered by Mr. Menzies, the first naturahst who vi- 

 sited the coast where it grows. Mr. Douglas, who svibsequently found it, 

 and sent dried specimens and seeds to the London Horticultural Society, ob- 

 serves, " It is one of the most graceful of trees in the country it inhabits, va- 

 rying from 40 ft. to 90 ft in height, and from 6 ft to 16 ft. in the circumference 

 of its tmnk. The branches are widely spreading, the bark rough and brown, 

 the wood soft, but beautifully veined. It contains, perhaps, as much sap as 

 any species, except A. saccharinum ; but the sap is not used for making sugar 

 by the natives. The flowers are yellow, and very fragrant, appearing in April 

 and May. Mr. Douglas prophetically adds, " It will, at some future time, 

 constitute one of our most ornamental forest trees in England." (Hooker's 

 Fl. Sor. Amer., \o\.i.^. 112.) Specimens of the timber, which were sent 

 home by Mr. Douglas, exhibit a grain scarcely inferior in beauty to the finest 

 satin wood. The largest specimen of the tree is in the garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society ; where, in 1835, it had attained the height of 25 ft. It 

 is propagated by layers in the garden of the Society ; and at Messrs Loddi- 

 ges's, and the annual shoots from them are often from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in length | 

 so that there can be no doubt of the tree being one of very rapid growth. This 

 magnificent species cannot be too warmly recommended to the attention of 

 planters, as it is perfectly hardy, and well suited for general cultivation, both 

 in useful and ornamental plantations, throughout Europe. Plants, in London, 

 cost 2s. 6d. each ; and when the tree has once ripened seeds in Britain, plants 

 will be much cheaper. 



± 6. A. PLATANoi^DES L. The Platanus-like, or Norway/, Maple. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1496. ; Dec. Prod., i. p. 649 ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 649. 



Synonymes. E'rable plane, or E'rable de Norvege, Fr.; spitz Ahorn, or spitz-bliittriger Ahornj 

 Ger. 



Engravings. Duh. Arb., 1. t. 10. f. 1. : Tratt Arch., 1. t. 4. : Mill. Ic, t. 8. f. 1. ; and our fie. 119. in 

 p. 442, 443. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cordate, smooth, 5-lobed. Lobes acuminated, with 

 a few coarse acute teeth. Corymbs stalked, erectish, and, as well as the fruit, 

 smooth; fruit with divaricated wings. (Don's Mill, i. p. 649.) A middle- 



