. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 80 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. t 2. A. tata'rioum L. The Tartarian Maple. lamtificalim. Lin. Sp., 1496.; Dec. Prod., I. p. 593.; Hayne Dend., j Don's Mill., Syrwnymes, E'rable de Tartarie, Pr.; Tartarische Aiiorn. Ger.: Zarza-modon, or Locust Tree, Rusk, Enp-aving


. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 80 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. t 2. A. tata'rioum L. The Tartarian Maple. lamtificalim. Lin. Sp., 1496.; Dec. Prod., I. p. 593.; Hayne Dend., j Don's Mill., Syrwnymes, E'rable de Tartarie, Pr.; Tartarische Aiiorn. Ger.: Zarza-modon, or Locust Tree, Rusk, Enp-avings. Pall. Fl. Ros., ; Tratt. Arch., 1. No. 1.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t, IGO. ;,thc plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., ; our .^.123.; and tiie figure of the leaves, of the natu- ral size, in the plate forming p. 96. Spec. Char., S)-c. Leaves cordate, undivided, serrated, with obsolete lobes. Racemes compound, crowded, erect; wings of fruit parallel, young ones puberulous. (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous tree, native of Tartary. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers pale greenish yellow, sometimes slightly tinged with red ; May and June. Keys brown; ripe in August. Decaying leaves reddish yellow, or brown. Naked young wood brown. When raised from seed, the plant will come into flower in 5 or 6 years ; and, in good soil, it will attain the height of 15 ft. in 10 years. According to. 12S. A\XT tataricum. some, it will thrive in a moister soil than most others. In ornamental planta- tions, it is valuable on account of the early expansion of its leaves, which appear before those of almost every other kind of ^Ver. B. Leaves 3-lobed, or trifid; rarely 5-lobed. 5f 3. A. spicaVum Lam. The spiked^^owered Maple. Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 381.; Dec. Prod., 1. ; Don's Mill., : Tor. and Gray, SyjiOTiymes. \imAit. ffori. .Kcw.,3. ; ^. pennsylvanicum Z)m i2oi HflrM. parviflorum Ehrh.; Mountain Maple, E'rable


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