. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. RED-FLOWERED MAPLE. aple is seen such situa- a and New nps, cxclu- utlis of our linishing in to a shrub, Baccharis he maples, le time, be ! sheltered, at, almost lose of the iTic season, h; and in the United ose which ighs forty- US matter, lers which â wood, the se section, to the sap- s, and f
. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. RED-FLOWERED MAPLE. aple is seen such situa- a and New nps, cxclu- utlis of our linishing in to a shrub, Baccharis he maples, le time, be ! sheltered, at, almost lose of the iTic season, h; and in the United ose which ighs forty- US matter, lers which â wood, the se section, to the sap- s, and fer- and dry- ther kinds ser grain; lossy and Idle-trees, c nse. It ad of fol- the name trees, nor ispicuous ^position, dcrs this lechanic, red more )d plane, oil. On itircly to ewing it ,11 y fash- the re>L- f lustre, t uses to ^-pieces, It of the c is of a i^ith the r black, 101 and is sometimes employed as ink, by American youth in village schools. For this purpose, however, it is very inappropriate, as it never dries properly, and in damp weather, the writing becomes glutinous and blots. A fluid prepared in a similar manner, by adding sulphate of alumina, (common alum,) instead of copperas, is also used for dyeing black. The French Canadians make sugar from the sap of this maple, which they call pbtine; but, as in the preceding species, the product of a given measure, is not more than one-half as great as that of the sugar maple. In Britain, and throughout Europe, the sole use of the Acer rubrum is as an ornamental tree; and, whether it is viewed in the beauty of its flowers and opening leaves in early spring; or admired for its red fruit in the beginning of summer, and its crimsoned foliage in autumn, it deserves to be ranked as one of the most ornamental of hardy trees. Acer monspessiilamim, THE MONTPELLIER MAPLE. I Linn;eus, Species Plantarum. J De Candollk, Prodiomus. ( Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. Erable de Montpellier, France. Franzosischer Ahorn, GER
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