DECIDUOUS TREES. 
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The Great-leaved Maple. Acer macrophyllum .—In the 
valley of the Columbia river this is described as one of the grandest 
and most beautiful trees of the country, attaining a height of from 
forty to ninety feet, and of a graceful spreading form. We have 
heard of no specimen of much size in the older States. It is re¬ 
ported tender at Rochester in Ellwanger and Barry’s nursery when 
first planted, but likely to be hardy when deeply rooted. The 
leaves resemble those of the sugar maple in form, but are triple 
the size. 
English Field Maple. Acer campes- 
tris .—“This is a beautiful compact, round- 
headed tree, or rather bush, rarely exceeding 
twenty or twenty-five feet in height, and if 
allowed to assume its natural shape, quite as 
broad as high. This tree, which is one of 
the most ornamental of the maples, is very 
rarely to be met with ; though common, we 
believe, in our best nurseries. It is a tree, 
above all others of its kind, suited to small 
lawns, where it should stand alone, or on the 
outside of loose gardenesque groups, where 
it is accessible on all sides ; since the charac¬ 
ter of its growth is so regular and formal 
(in shape of a bee-hive), that it does not harmonize with wild or 
picturesque plantations, but is peculiarly adapted to the neighbor¬ 
hood of the house, or to the more formal trees, like the horse- 
chestnut and linden. The finest specimens we recollect to have 
seen is at the late Mr. Downing’s, which is nearly full grown; a 
specimen at Wodenethe, about fifteen feet high, and nearly as wide, 
is extremely beautiful. The largest specimens in England are at 
Kew, fifty years planted, twenty-six feet high ; at Milbury Park, 
one hundred years planted, thirty-eight' feet high. It should never 
be trimmed up ; on the contrary, if by accident the lower limbs are 
injured or lost, the tree should be severely headed back to en¬ 
courage new growth from the ground.”—H. W. Sargent. Fig. 
no represents a thrifty young tree of this species. 
