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Acer macrophyllum, Pursh. 
Large Oregon Maple. Tree SO foot high, of quick growth; stem 16 
feet in circumference; wood whitish, beautifully veined. 
Acer Negundo, L. 
The Bos Elder of North America. A tree, deciduous like the rest of 
the Maples, attains a height of about 60 feet, and is rich in saccharine 
sap. Proved well adapted for our country. 
Acer palmatum, Thunb. 
This beautiful tree with deeply cleft leaves is indigenous to Japan, 
where various varieties with red and yellow tinged leaves occur. 
Should it be an aim to bring together all the kinds of Maples, which 
could bo easily grown in appropriate spots of Victoria, then Japan 
alone would furnish 25 species. 
Acer platanoides, L. 
The Norway Maple, extending south to Switzerland, 70 feet high. The 
pale wood much used by cabinetmakers. 
Acer Pseudo-platanus, L. 
The Sycamore Maple or British Plano. Attains a height of over 100 
feet. The wood is compact and firm, valuable for various implements, 
instruments, and cabinet work. It furnishes like some other maples a 
superior charcoal. 
Acer rubrum, L. 
The Red Maple, North America. A tree attaining 80 feet, fond of 
swumpy places; wood close-grained. The trunk when twisted furnishes 
also curled maple wood. Grows with several other maples, well even 
in dry open localities of this part of Australia, although the foliage may 
somewhat suffer from our hot winds. 
Acer saccharinum, Wang.* 
One of the largest of the maples. In the colder latitudes of North 
America, 80 feet high. Wood of rosy tinge, when knotty or curly 
furnishes the Birdseye and curly Maplewood. In the depth of winter 
the trees, when tapped, will yield the saccharine fluid, which is so 
extensively converted into maple sugar, each tree yielding 2 to 4 lb. a 
year. The trees can be tapped for very many years in succession, without 
injury. Tho Sugar Maple is rich in potash. Numerous other maples 
exist, among which as the tallest may be mentioned, Acer Creticum , 
L„ of South Europe, 40 feet. A. Ixvigalum, A. sterculiaceum and A. 
villosam, Wallicb, of Nepal, 60 feet. A. pictum, Thunb., of Japan, 
30 feet. 
JEsculus Hippocastanum, L. 
Indigenous to Central Asia. One of the most showy of deciduons trees, 
more particularly when during spring “ it has reached the meridian of 
Us glory, and stands forth in all the gorgeousness of leaves and 
blossoms.” Height 60 feet. It will succeed in sandy soil on sheltered 
spots; the wood adapted for furniture; the seeds a food for various 
domestic animals; the bark a good tanning material. Three species 
occur in Japan, and several, but none of great height, in North America 
and South Asia. 
Ailantus glandulosa, L. 
S.E. Asia. A hardy deciduous tree, 60 feet high, of rather rapid growth, 
and of very imposing aspect in any landscape. Particularly valuable 
on account of its leaves, which afford food to a silkworm ( B'ombyx 
Cynthia), peculiar to this tree; wood pale yellow, of silky lustre when 
planed, and therefore valued for joiners' work. In South Europe, 
planted for avenues. 
