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^ChestnutHill, 'Philadelphia 
ACER, continued 
A. pseudo-platanus. European Sycamore Maple. {L r) A handsome 
tree, of upright growth, with large foliage and smooth, gray-colored bark. 
A. pseudo-plantanus, var. purpurea. Purple Sycamore Maple. (L r ) 
A purple-leaved form of great merit. The habit of growth is the same as A . 
pseudo-platanus , but leaves are of a purplish red beneath, giving the tree a deep 
purple shade which is retained all season. 
A. rubrum. Red, or Scarlet Maple. {L v) Attractive for its excellent 
habit, earliness of the scarlet flowers and bright red seed-pods in the late 
spring. The deep green foliage turns to scarlet and orange in the fall. 
A. saccharinum. Sugar Maple. {Lr) No better tree can be used for 
street, park or lawn planting, as its growth is straight, its form symmetrical. 
It is well adapted for planting near buildings, and, being deep-rooted, the 
grass will grow up to its very trunk, which is quite a strong point in its favor. 
It will thrive in almost all localities except where the ground is damp or boggy. 
No tree has more gorgeous autumn coloring ; it varies in all shades of yel¬ 
low, orange and scarlet. (See plate on page 36.) 
A. spicatum. Mountain Maple. {Ds) A shrubby tree with light green 
foliage, bearing in summer bright red seed-pods. Valuable in undergrowth. 
A. Tataricum, var. Ginnala. Tartarian Maple. {Dm) Of graceful, 
shrubby growth, with handsome foliage, turning to bright red in autumn! 
One of the most brilliant of fall-coloring trees and a good substitute for the 
Japanese Maples where they are not hardy. 
THE JAPANESE MAPLES 
A. polymorphum. Japanese Maple. {Dm) A tree of dense growth, 
with deeply lobed foliage of bright green, changing to a purplish hue in August. 
A. polymorphum, var. ampelopsilobum. Seven-lobed Maple. {Sv) Of 
larger growth than the type and with larger foliage, which is light green in 
summer, coloring brilliant crimson in the fall. 
A. polymorphum, var. atropurpureum. Blood-leaved Japanese Maple. 
(5 s) A compact grower, with delicately cut leaves of a beautiful blood-red 
in the spring, changing to purplish red, which lasts throughout the season. 
A. polymorphum, var. atropurpureum dissectum. Weeping Blood- 
leaved Japanese Maple. {D s) Most beautiful; delicately divided leaves of 
deep blood-red the branches are long, slender and pendulous. 
A. polymorphum, var. aureum. Golden Japanese Maple. {Ds) A form 
with round, slightly cut, light yellow foliage. 
A. polymorphum, var. dissectum. Cut-leaved Japanese Maple. {VD s) 
A weeping form-, with delicately divided foliage of beautiful light green. (See 
plate on page 41.) 
A. polymorphum, var. palmatum. ( S v) A dense grower, verv much 
branched , foliage round, not so deeply cut as that of filicifolium ; bright green. 
A. polymorphum, var. scolopendiflorum. {D m) An open grower, with 
clean, deeply cut, narrow, blood-red foliage, which holds its color well. 
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