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the silver-leaved ( dasycarpum ), but it is more upright, and its 
branches less liable to be broken by heavy winds, and therefore 
more valuable as a street or park tree. The silver-leaved is, 
however, a very valuable variety, and where partially sheltered, 
or where it can have an opportunity to develop itself, it is one 
of the most graceful as well as lofty of the species. As the trees 
Fig. 10.— Scarlet Maple. 
are all grown from seeds, there is great variety of habit among 
them, some having almost as much of a drooping habit as the 
willow, others of a spreading open habit, similar to the American 
white elm. For light sandy soils the silver-leaved is perhaps 
the best, as even old trees growing in such soils seem to retain 
the vigor of youth, while the sugar maple, Norway, and some 
