. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 86 TREES GROWING NEAR WATER. SILVER MAPLE. WHITE MAPLE. {Plate XXX VI.) Acer sacchdrintim. SOFT MAPLE. FAMILY. SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE Maple. Brand t'i, fii'iiduloiis Tp-\io Jeet, Nvw lUunswick to or wiiie-npreiiiiing. I'la, and westxuard TIME OF BLOOM March, April. Fruit: May,June. Bark: reddish brown; flaky. Leaves : simple ; opposite ; with long petioles; rounded in outline and liaving hve lobes; equally notched and toothed; the lower two smaller than the other three. Base of leaf, square or heart-shaped ; apex of lobes, point
. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 86 TREES GROWING NEAR WATER. SILVER MAPLE. WHITE MAPLE. {Plate XXX VI.) Acer sacchdrintim. SOFT MAPLE. FAMILY. SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE Maple. Brand t'i, fii'iiduloiis Tp-\io Jeet, Nvw lUunswick to or wiiie-npreiiiiing. I'la, and westxuard TIME OF BLOOM March, April. Fruit: May,June. Bark: reddish brown; flaky. Leaves : simple ; opposite ; with long petioles; rounded in outline and liaving hve lobes; equally notched and toothed; the lower two smaller than the other three. Base of leaf, square or heart-shaped ; apex of lobes, pointed. Sinuses: narrow ; pointed. Brilliant pale green above, Mlvery white beneath Tubescent when young, becoming glabrous; thin. Flowers: small; yellowish green; without petals; growing on pedicels in almost sessile corymbs from lateral buds and appearing before the leaves. Pis- tillate and staminate bi(Jssouis growing in sejiarate clusters on the same or dif- ferent trees. Fruit: yellowish green, samaras growing on long, drooping pedi- cels ; glabrous at maturity. IViiigs : large ; one frequently undeveloped. About the leaf of the white maple there is something very beautiful. Its lines are so sharply cut, and it is so free from the least approach to stiffness. It shows rather the crispness of line that artists are always endeavouring to throw into their pictures. The texture of the leaf is fine, too, and pleasing. Through the silver lining run the pale yellow veins, and the colour effect is most resthetic. It seems as though the singing of the breezes through these trees must be more classic and captivating than when it rushes through those that are more coarsely formed. The flowers are exquisite, and in earliest spring the trees, when seen from a distance, appear to be tipped with scarlet. In cultivation the tree is very general, as its beauty and rapid growth make it desirable for shade. Un- fortunately, through the brittleness of its branches, it is often. Acer sacckiirtniim
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