. British trees. Trees. ^i6 THE MAPLE. MAPLES. IVLinv varieties oi Maples are cultivated. The most important are the Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides), the Sycamore (Acer Pseudo- Plataniis), the Red Maple (Acer Rubriim), and the Silver Maple (Acer Dasvcarpum). One Maple only besides the Sycamore grows wild—it is the Acer Campestre—the common or Field Maple. The Sycamore has already been treated separately. The Field Maple only is described in detail, though some drawings ot the graceful flower of a cultivated Maple are given. THE FIELD S an indigenous bush, the Field Maple is very freque
. British trees. Trees. ^i6 THE MAPLE. MAPLES. IVLinv varieties oi Maples are cultivated. The most important are the Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides), the Sycamore (Acer Pseudo- Plataniis), the Red Maple (Acer Rubriim), and the Silver Maple (Acer Dasvcarpum). One Maple only besides the Sycamore grows wild—it is the Acer Campestre—the common or Field Maple. The Sycamore has already been treated separately. The Field Maple only is described in detail, though some drawings ot the graceful flower of a cultivated Maple are given. THE FIELD S an indigenous bush, the Field Maple is very frequently to be found in our hedgerows : more rarely it attains the growth of a bushy tree, from thirty to forty feet in height. The central or terminal shoot of the branch usually dies back, and growth is continued by the side-shoots, in the form of a Y, which results in very elaborate ramification. The leaves are small when compared with those of the Sycamore ("Larger Maple"), but they lie sufficiently close along the numerous branchlets as to form clusters of moderate density. The leaf buds of the Maple are also smaller, and usually greener in colour ; they never approach the beauty of colour reached by many Sycamore buds. The delicate twigs and upright flower-heads of the Maple, instead oF the stout shoots and heavy pendant flower racemes of the Sycamore, afford further means of identification. f. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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