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flection of the two surfaces in the water, heightening the 
beauty of this wonderful moving mirror, aids in forming an 
enchanting picture, which, during my long excursions in a 
canoe in these regions of solitude and silence, I contem- 
plated with unwearied admiration.”* There, on those fine, 
deep, alluvial soils, it often attains twelve or fifteen feet in 
circumference. 
As an ornamental variety, the Silver-leaved maple is one 
of the most valuable. It is exceeding rapid in its growth, 
often making shoots six feet long in a season, and the silvery 
hue of its foliage, when stirred by the wind, as well as its 
fine, half drooping habit, render it highly interesting to the 
planter. Admirable specimens of this species may be seen 
in the wide streets of Burlington, N. J. 
The Moose wood, or Striped maple, ( A striatum ,) is a 
small tree with beautifully striped bark. It is often seen on 
the mountains which border the Hudson, but abounds most 
profusely in the north of the continent. Acer nigrum , is the 
Black sugar tree of Genesee. A. NegundoJ the Ash-leaved 
maple, has handsome pinnated foliage of a light green hue ; 
it forms a pleasing tree of medium size. These are our 
principal native species.! 
Among the finest foreign sorts is the Norway maple, (A. 
'platanoides ,) with leaves intermediate in appearance be- 
tween those of the plane tree and Sugar maple. The bark 
of the trunk is brown, and rougher in appearance than our 
maples, and the tree is more loose and spreading in its 
growth ; it also grows more rapidly, and strongly resembles 
at a little distance, the button-wood in its young state. 
Another interesting species is the sycamore tree or Great ma- 
* N. A Sylva, 1. 214. t Negundo fraxinifolium. 
X Mr. Douglas has discovered a very superb maple, t,A. macrophyllum ,) on the 
Columbia river, with very large leaves, and fine fragrant yellow blossoms. 
