. 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. 16 ACER ACER long, upright racemes, with petals. Japan.— Handsome, round-headed tree, with slender, spreading branches and graceful bright green foliage, turning orange-yellow and scarlet in autumn; hardy. 31. hiun. {JVegiindo fraxinifdliiim,'i:Jutt. JV. aceroldes, Monch.). Ash-leaved Maple. Box Eld
. 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. 16 ACER ACER long, upright racemes, with petals. Japan.— Handsome, round-headed tree, with slender, spreading branches and graceful bright green foliage, turning orange-yellow and scarlet in autumn; hardy. 31. hiun. {JVegiindo fraxinifdliiim,'i:Jutt. JV. aceroldes, Monch.). Ash-leaved Maple. Box Elder. Large tree, 70 ft.: Ivs. pinnate ; leaflets 3-5, ovate or oblong-lanceo- late, coarsely serrate or 3-lobed, mostly gla- brous, 2-5in. long: fls. before the Ivs.; staml- nate fls. in pendulous ^ \!tV T^^l^ T. Jf f corymbs, pistillate fls. in pendulous racemes. E. N. Amer. S, S. 2: 96. Michs. Hist. 20. Japanese Maples. a. Acer palmatum var. re- ticulatum; h. A. Japoni- cum, type; c. A. palma- tum ; d. var. omatumj e. var. Thunbergi; f. var. dis- seetum. 2:18.—Large, rapid-growing tree of spreading habit, thriving best in moist and rich soil. Much prized in the W., where it withstands cold and dryness. Largely used for shelter belts and for planting timber-claims. See picture, under Box^ Elder. Var. Califdmicum, Sarg. [A. Califdmicmn, Dietr. Negiindo Califdrnicuniy Torr. & Gray). Branches pubescent when young: leaflets 3, densely pubescent beneath. W. N. Amer. 2:97. Nutt. N. Am. Sylv. 2:72. Var. vloliceum, Arb. Muse. [A. CaUfdniicum, Hort.). A vigorously growing form; branches purplish with glaucous bloom or finely pubes- cent when young. Var. arg6nteo-varieg^tum, Hort. Lvs. with broad white margin. Probably the most effective of all variegated hardy trees. 17:1781. Var. atireo- maculatum, Hort. Lvs. spotted with yellow, Var. aureo- margin^tum, Hort. Lvs. with yellow margin. Var. aur&tum, Spath. Lvs. yellow. Var. crispum, G. Don. Le
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