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small habit of growth, yet it is very ornamental, the leaves 
resembling somewhat in size and color those of A. campestre : 
the flowers are pale, and are very attractive to bees. In mild 
seasons, in Europe^ the leaves remain on the tree until mid- 
winter, and on this account it is much planted in France for 
hedges. It rarely attains a greater height than thirty to forty 
feet, and is readily propagated by seeds or by layers. 
A. p. laciniata (Cut-leaved or eagle’s claw). — A very curious 
low growing tree, with the lobes of its leaves jagged and some- 
what resembling, as its name implies, the foot or claw of an 
eagle. It is one of the varieties of A. pseudo-platanus, and 
comes in well with the cut-leaved ash, beech, and other trees 
with this peculiar foliage. 
A. p. foliis purpurcis (the Purple-leaved maple). — Another 
sport or variety of A. pseudo-platanus , very peculiar and striking 
when the wind blows, the leaves having a fine purple under- 
neath, and being ruffled by the breeze, presenting a curious 
blending of purple and pale green ; the foot-stalks to the leaves 
are quite distinctly pink. This tree is commonly known in the 
nurseries as the Purple Jersey maple, it having originated in a 
nursery in that island in 1828. Plants raised from seed sport 
so much in color that sometimes they become quite green. On 
this account, specimens for planting should be selected from 
the nursery rows while in leaf. 
A. p. Tartarica (Tartarian maple) ; A. Grelicum (Cretan 
Maple), Hodgkins’ Seedling, with yellow blotched leaves ; A. 
punctata , with spotted leaves, and several others, are only sports 
or varieties of A. pseudo-platanus , and! have not yet, to our 
knowledge, been planted in the United States. 
AEsculus hippocastanum. The Horse-chestnut. 
AF. h. Flore pleno (Double-flowering horse-chestnut). — A 
beautiful variety of AE. hippocastanum , resembling it in character 
and foliage, but with the flowers double and very full, not unlike 
at a distance, a gigantic hyacinth. The tree seems perfectly 
hardy, and has the additional advantage of flowering when very 
young. 
