. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 14 ACER ACER Tmfoldmg. Var. tricolor, Hort. Lvs. dark blood-red, sprinkled with rosy pink when young. These two beau- tiful forms usually remain shrubby. 13. platanoides, Linn. Norway Maple. Pig. 19. Large tree, 100 ft.: Its. 5-lobed, cordate, 4-7 in. across, glabrous; lobes pointed, remotely serrate: fls. yell
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 14 ACER ACER Tmfoldmg. Var. tricolor, Hort. Lvs. dark blood-red, sprinkled with rosy pink when young. These two beau- tiful forms usually remain shrubby. 13. platanoides, Linn. Norway Maple. Pig. 19. Large tree, 100 ft.: Its. 5-lobed, cordate, 4-7 in. across, glabrous; lobes pointed, remotely serrate: fls. yellowish green : fr. with horizontally spreading wings. En., Caucasus. —Large, handsome tree, with round, spread- ing head, resembling somewhat A. saccharum. The Its. turn pale yellow in autumn. Many garden forms, some of which are here arranged in two groups: the first being chiefly remarkable for the manner in which the lvs. are cut; the second being chiefly remarkable for their coloring. (1) Var. cucnllatani, Nichols. Lvs. irregularly and shortly lobed, crimpled, light green. Var. diss^ctum, Jacq. Similarto var. Jjorbergi., but with darker foliage and of slower growth. Var. globdsnm, Hort. Forming a globose head. Var. laciniatum, Ait. Lvs. irregularly divided, the divisions bending downwards : growth upright. Var. L6rbergl, Van Houtte. Lvs. divided nearly to the base, divisions deeply lobed. (2) Var. 41bo-'varieg5,tum, Nichols. Lvs. with large white blotches. Var. atireo-marginatum, Pax. Lvs. with yellow margin, somewhat irregularly lobed. 17. Common Sugar Maple.—Acer saccharum (X Seltenbachi, Nichols. Lvs. greenish red when unfold- ing, turning dark blood-red in late summer. Var. Schwedleri, Koch. Lvs. bright red when young, changing to dark green. DDD. I/vs. S-5-lohed or 3-foliolate, doubly serrate: win- ter-buds small, with 2 valvate scales. 14. glabrum, Torr. (A. Douglasi, Hook.). Shrub or small tree, 25 ft., quite glabrous : petioles bright red ; lvs. deeply 3-5-
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