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Of the varieties : ampelopsifolium is tinted with deep rose- 

 purple ; atropurpureum and sanguineum pass into bronzy purple 

 of the deepest hue ; dissectum and palmatifidum become orange 

 and brown ; flavescens is exceedingly varied — shades of green, 

 yellow, scarlet, and brown are intermingled in every possible 

 manner; linearilobum and septemlobum change to deep brownish 

 green, with orange foot-stalks. 



A.pictum. — An elegant Asiatic species, 20 to 30 feet high. 

 As the specific name implies, the leaves have a varied colouring ; 

 the clear bright brown into which all the colours subside is very 

 distinct. 



A. pennsylvanicum. — Well known as the Snake-bark Maple. 

 A medium- sized tree (30 to 40 feet high), of which the leaves 

 change into clear buff-yellow, with rose-coloured foot-stalks. 



A. platanoides. — The Norway Maple and its varieties are 

 among the best of trees for park scenery ; its beautiful yellow 

 and brown tints are always admired. For the lawn the 

 digitate and vine-leaved varieties afford all the beautiful tints 

 of the species, with the addition of a more elegant foliage in 

 summer. 



A. rubrum. — The finest of all the American Maples for its 

 autumn tints. Although a lofty tree in its native country, Pro- 

 fessor Sargent describes its habit as slender, and therefore not 

 taking up much room. The leaves change from their summer 

 green into a deep crimson-red, which passes into many shades of 

 red and orange till the yellow stage is reached. 



Berberis. — The fine red tints of the leaves of the common 

 Barberry are well known. Those of the variety atropurpurea 

 are still more striking ; they become dark bronzy purple 

 bordered with fiery red. 



B. Thunbergii. — A dwarf Japanese species. The leaves are 

 much smaller than those of the European Barberry, but more 

 diversified in colour ; orange, yellow, and straw-yellow are prettily 

 intermingled. 



Betula alba atropurpurea. — The purple-leaved Birch. The 

 dark leaves of this variety assume in autumn a colour that cannot 

 be easily described in words, but which contrast beautifully with 

 the purple foot-stalks and the clear brown bark of the shoots, 

 freckled with white lenticels. 



Castanea pumila. — The dwarf American Sweet Chestnut. Its 



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