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Compare these seed pods of the 
Acer pseudoplatanus with the later 
flowers on the previous page 
The Maple Tree 
(Continued from page 122) 
fully grown it attains a height of about 
100'. This tree requires a fertile soil 
free from stagnating waters but one 
which should be by no means dry. The 
young seedlings are very hardy, resis¬ 
tant, and tolerant and can be planted 
without injurious effects in the shade 
of the deciduous forest. This species is 
not adapted for individual plantings or 
shade trees. In such locations it suffers 
from the attack of insects. In the fall 
the leaves are colored red, yellow and 
green. 
Acer saccharinum, the silver maple, 
is a very decorative ornamental tree 
both for streets and parks. It is a 
rapid grower, is unassuming in its de¬ 
mands upon the soil, is hardy, and can 
be planted in a very damp type of soil. 
It is very tolerant and is therefore used 
as a street tree although, it is not so well 
adapted for this purpose since the wood 
is soft and fragile the twigs and 
branches being often broken by winter 
winds. 
The most beautiful form of the sil¬ 
ver maple is var. Pendulum with its 
weeping branches. Var. attreo variega- 
tuni has yellow spots on its leaves while 
the whole leaf of var. lutescens has 
this color. Var. dissect if olium produces 
a deeply slit leaf and var. novum has a 
curly leaf. An upright pyramidal form 
is developed by var. pyramidalis. 
Acer pennsylvanicum, the striped 
maple or moosewood, is an inhabitant 
of our woodland regions where it never 
grows more than 25' in height. Its 
beauty lies in its greenish-gray white 
striped bark of stem and branches. It 
is adapted for smaller gardens. 
The red maple, Acer rubrum, is a 
large stately tree. The bright red flowers 
make their appearance early in the 
spring even before the leaves are de¬ 
veloped and then cover the twigs like 
a fluffy down. The young leaves are 
also red, and so is the fruit. Early in 
fall the leaves begin to turn and as¬ 
sume all shades of red and reddish 
yellow. 
All the varieties are distinguished by 
their fiery autumn coloration and es¬ 
pecially is this true of var. schlesingeri 
and var. sanguineum. Var. drumondii 
has large firm leaves which are densely 
tomentose on their lower surface. This 
variety is not so hardy in northern re¬ 
gions and should be placed in well pro¬ 
tected situations. Smaller, obovate 
leaves with three short lobes and spar¬ 
ingly toothed is developed by var. 
tridens (A. carolinianum). This tree 
is hardy. 
Acer spicatum, our mountain maple, 
is a small slender tree. In moist wood¬ 
lands it forms a large bush. Its leaves 
are peculiarly shaped but otherwise 
there is nothing especially distinctive 
about this plant. E. Bade 
The Norway maple, Acer platanoides, prized for 
its pale yellow foliage in autumn and its round 
spreading head 
