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DECIDUOUS TREES. 
Montpelier Maple. Acer monspessulanum .—In size and gen¬ 
eral appearance much resembles the preceding, though distinct in 
the form of its leaves, which are three, instead of five-lobed. 
Round-leaved Maple. Acer circinatum. —A native of the 
Pacific slope north of latitude 43 0 . From twenty to forty feet in 
height. Loudon describes it thus: “Branches slender, pendu¬ 
lous and crooked, often taking root, etc. * * * * This is a very 
marked and beautiful species.” 
The Neapolitan Maple, Acer obtusatum, is a large variety, 
native of the hills of southern Europe. Probably inferior to our 
common native sorts, but worthy of a trial by professional tree 
growers. 
The Tartarian Maple, Acer tartaricum, a low deciduous 
tree, native of Tartary. Height twenty to thirty feet. Said to 
thrive in a moist soil, and to be the earliest maple in leaf. 
It will be seen that, of the maples, the silver-leaved maple, the 
sycamore, and the macrophyllum , are the most rapid in growth and 
largest; the Norway, sugar and scarlet maples, and Neapolitan, 
next smaller; and the English field maple, the Montpelier maple, 
the round-leaved, the Tartarian, and the Moosewood, the smallest. 
It would require about an acre of ground to contain specimen 
trees of the maple family alone. If one could have the nerve to 
reject all other trees from the plantation, what a beautiful family 
circle it would be! 
THE WALNUTS. Juglans. 
The family of walnuts, as far as we propose to allude to them, 
include what are known as English walnuts, our own black walnut, 
and butternut, and the sub-family of the hickories and the pecan 
nut, Carya. They are all large trees, with pinnate leaves and 
edible nuts. 
