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ALBANY NURSERIES 
CHINESE AND JAPANESE MAGNOLIAS, continued 
growth, and blooming profusely, even when quite 
small. The flowers are large, pink on the outside 
of petals and white inside. In average seasons 
the flowers open in the third week in April. It 
can be grown as a small tree or large shrub. 
M. Stellata (Halleana). Hall’s Japan, 5 to 6 ft. 
A dwarf, bush-growing, most valuable species. 
The flowers are white, tinted with pink in the 
bud, semi-double, fragrant, and appear as early 
as April 15. The earliest of all to flower. It is 
one of the best for massing, as well as for a 
specimen shrub. 
MAIDENHAIR. See Salisburea. 
MAPLE. Acer 
Silver Variegated (A. argenteo-variegatum) . 
This we consider one of the most attractive or- 
namental trees grown; so much of the leaf is 
variegated that at a short distance it has the ap- 
pearance of the whole leaf being silver-white. 
The tree is as hardy as the ash-leaved, and like 
it inclined to be a crooked grower when young. 
A specimen should be in every lawn. 
Ash-leaved (Box Elder, or Manitoba Maple; A 
Negundo). A fine, rapid-growing variety, with 
handsome, light green pinnated foliage and 
spreading head; very hardy; desirable for street 
planting, and succeeds in many sections where 
other varieties do not thrive. 
Golden Variegated. Foliage golden yellow; tree 
very hardy and attractive. 
Norway (A. platanoides) . A native of Europe. 
Its large, compact habit; broad, deep green shin- 
ing foliage, and its stout, vigorous growth, ren- 
der it one of the most desirable species for streets, 
parks and lawns; rather a rough, crooked grower 
when young, but soon develops into straight, 
magnificent specimens. 
Oregon (A. macrophyllum) . A most graceful 
tree, with wide-spreading branches and large foli- 
age. Very rapid growth. 
Purple-leaved Sycamore, (A. pseudo-platanus 
purpureum). Leaves deep green on upper sur- 
face, purplish red beneath, producing a beautiful 
color effect when leaves are in motion. Tree of 
robust habit; fine for lawns for grouping with 
other foliage trees. 
Red, or Scarlet (A. rubrum). 
A native species of medium 
size and rounded head; produces 
deep red blossoms, which ap- 
pear before the leaves. In au- 
tumn the foliage changes to a 
brilliant scarlet. 
Schwedler’s (A. Schwedleri). 
A beautiful variety, with young 
shoots and leaves of a bright 
purplish and crimson color, 
which changes to purplish 
reen in the older leaves. A 
istinct and handsome sort. 
Silver-leaved or Soft (A. dasy- 
crapum). A well-known na- 
tive tree of rapid growth, large 
size and irregular rounded 
form; foliage bright green 
above and silvery white be- 
neath; tree very hardy and easily transplanted. 
One of the most useful trees. 
Sugar or Rock (A. saccharinam) . A popular 
American tree of excellent pyramidal form. Its 
upright habit of growth, dense shade and adapt- 
ability to different soils have rendered it one of 
the most extensively used. Valuable for sugar 
or timber, as well as ornament and shade. 
Sycamore (A. pseudo-platanus) . A noble va- 
riety, with spacious head and large, deep green 
foliage; a rapid, upright, free grower; desirable 
for shade. 
Wier’s Cut-leaved Silver (A. Wierii laciniatum) 
This is one of the most remarkable and beautiful 
trees with cut or dissected foliage yet offered. 
Its growth is rapid; shoots slender and drooping, 
giving it a habit almost as graceful as the cut- 
leaved birch. The foliage is abundant, silvery 
underneath, and on the young wood especially 
deeply and delicately cut. 
JAPANESE MAPLES 
The Japanese Maples are becoming more popu- 
lar as they become better known. They are all 
of dwarf habit and are varied in their foliage. 
They are also shrub-like in growth, and many of 
them of such rich, bright hues and deep-cut leaves 
that we class them by themselves. On account 
of these characteristics they are much used for 
forming permanent beds, but are very effective 
whether planted singly or in groups. In groups 
they can be planted 4 to 6 feet apart. Though 
succeeding in sun, they prefer light shade at mid- 
day. The bright-hued leaves make a fine display, 
and the blood-leaved (Atropurpureum) , Aureum 
and Purple cut-leaf, are especially in demand. 
We include only those we can especially recom- 
mend. 
Blood-Red Japan (A. Polymorphum sanguin- 
eum ) . The brightest and most constant in color 
of the red-leaved sorts and one of the most popu- 
lar. 
Dark Purple-leaved (A. polymorpheum atropur- 
pureum) . Forms a bushy shrub. Foliage dark 
purple and deeply cut, very ornamental. The 
hardiest and altogether the best of the Japan 
Maples. One of the choicest small trees or shrubs. 
12 to 15 ft. 
