114 BOX ELDER OR ASH-LEAVED MAPLE. 
extensive gardens. It is in request as one of the earliest trees to feel the 
approach of spring, but more particularly on account of the pleasing effect 
of the white veins, which variegate its trunk. In the primitive forests, 
where it grows beneath a canopy of impervious shade, these veins are 
black ; the change of color seems owing to its being planted in drier soils, 
more open to the sun. Most of the trees of this species which now grow 
in Europe, have been grafted on the lofty Sycamore, whose vigor is felt 
by the Moose Wood, and expands it to four times its natural dimensions. 
PLATE XLV. 
A branch with fruit of the natural size. Fig. 1, Bark of a tree in the 
forests of North America. Fig. 2, Bark of a tree cultivated on dry and ope?i 
ground, 
[From the great beauty of its bark, this tree deserves a place in every 
collection. The delicate rose color of the buds and leaves on opening, and 
the elegance of the ample foliage afterwmrds, the graceful pendulous ra- 
cemes of flowers, succeeded by large, showy keys, not unlike a cluster of 
insects, will also recommend it.] 
BOX ELDER, 
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ASH LEAVED MAPLE. 
Acer negundo. A. foliis pinnatis ternatisve, inæqualiter serratis : floribus 
dioïcis. 
In the country west of the Alleghanies, where this tree is common, it is 
called Box Elder ; east of the Mountains it is more rare, and having been 
less attentively observed, it has received no specific name. Some persons, 
however, distinguish it by that of Ash-leaved Maple, which is a perfectly 
