The Maples. Acer 
In Dayton there is a strong rivalry between the Maples and Elms for 
popular favor, with the Maples somewhat in advance, largely, no doubt, 
due to the fact that they are comparatively free from insect pests. 
Acer platanoides. Norway Maple. A large handsome tree with 
spreading rounded form. The leaves are borne only near the ends 
of the branches forming a thin globular shell of thickly-set leaves 
beneath which the air circulates freely. It is this habit that has won 
for the Norway Maple its popularity as a shade tree. As a street 
tree its globular form is not as suitable as the pyramidal form of the 
Sugar Maple, but its manifest superiority as a shade tree has “driven 
it onto the street,” where it serves its purpose in the most admirable 
manner. Like all “hard” Maples, to which class it belongs, its 
rapidity of growth is moderate. It should not be planted on thin, 
gravelly soil. It is a crooked, unsightly grower in the nursery, a point 
which customers should thoroughly understand. This characteristic, 
however, belongs only to the young trees, which they speedily 
outgrow. 
var. Schwedlerii. Schwedler’s Norway Maple. This tree has 
all the characteristics of the Norway Maple except its foliage is a 
decided purplish crimson as it unfolds in the spring, changing, as the 
season advances, to a dark purplish green, as rich in its effect as the 
earlier leaves are striking. This variety is successfully used as a street 
tree. 
var. Reitenbachi. Reitenbach’s Norway Maple. The foliage 
of this variety reverses the order followed by Schwedler's, the leaves 
appearing in a beautiful shade of green, changing to a decided purple 
toward midsummer and purplish scarlet in the autumn. Its habit is 
more pyramidal than the other Norway Maples and somewhat slower 
in growth. It is an ornamental shade tree, suited to the lawn rather 
than the street. 
var. “Geneva.” A medium-sized variety of the Norway Maple of 
recent American origin, and combining the striking features of Schwed- 
ler’s and Reitenbach’s. Its foliage is a rich crimson-purple when it 
appears in the spring, and retains its color with but little change 
throughout the season. Not recommended for the street. 
A. Pseudo-platanus. European Sycamore Maple. A strong, vigor- 
ous-growing Maple with spreading head and handsome foliage, some- 
what resembling the sycamore leaf. It belongs to the “ Hard” Maple 
type, is very satisfactory as a street and shade tree and is distinct in 
appearance. 
Street and Shade Trees 
