Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-09-27
Various Rare Naples,

From this, as particularly interesting to
New Englanders, we extract what he has to
say upon some rare species and varieties of
maple trees.
A. CAMPEsrRE English or Cork bdrked maple
This may be seen on the grounds of McGill
College, as shrub; sometimes passing winter
with but little injury and more often good deal
hurt The terminal buds never push properly.
Mr.. William Brown, many years ago, at his nur-
sery, at Cote des Neiges had forty or fifty young
trees Of 1t. Some OF these were planted about
his grounds and grew to n height OF ten or twelve
feet, and seemed hardy. There are hardy trees
of the species, as 1t Is found growing in Northern
Asia, and also along the shore OF the gulf Of Fin
land, and about St. Petersburg.
A. CoLcHIcUM RUBRUM. Red Colchiciim maple.
Is native Of Japan. 1t has bright colored tips
and is quite ornamental, but it suffers where the
winters are less severe than here have seen 1t
badly injured and even killed at London, Ontario.
A. DAsYoARAUM Soft or SilUer maple. e.-Among
number of these trees, some will be erect, 9TH
ers dropping. 1t is from this tendency to sport
that we have so many ornamental varieties OF II.
Further south, 1t Is more pendulous than it usu-
ally is here though this may be partly accounted
for by longer growing seasons and often richer
soils In Washington, / asked what variety Of
the soft maple they were planting in their streets
and was told 1t was only their common kind.
There is an avenue there four miles long and two
avenues of three miles each, of this dropping soft
maple, though, for street planting, 1t is not as
great favorite as either the Norway or the Sugar
maple, partly because it is more brittle. These
pendulous soft naples seem to be tending toward
the mean, of which Weir's Cut-leaved is the
extreme.
VAR. Argenteum Striatom.-Is a pendulous
variegated leaved variety, but from the specimens
have seen, 1t did not appear to be constant.
A. ClRCiNATUM. Vine mdple.-ls really beau
tiful variety from British Columbia. Dr. George
Dawson, however, says that 1t is strictly confined
to the vicinity of the coast, and does not appear
to go far north. These coast flora" one would
scarcely expect to prove hardy.
Var. HETERoPHyLLUM LACINIATUM. NeU
Cut-iedUed SHDer mdple.-ls a striking cut-eaved
variety of upright habit. Likely to be hardy, as
it is a Seeding of the common silver maple. 1t
was produced by Ellwanger and Barry, Roch-
ester, n. Y.
Var. RICI-Is a new one whose beauty have
been struck with. Leaf small, and tree very pen
dulous. | believe this also to be Seeding Of
Messrs l.. and b.
Var. WAGNERI. IVdgner's Cut-ledred SilUer
maple. What young trees have seen OF it did
not seem constant or equal in beauty to the fol-
lowing:
Var wIERn Weir's Cut-leaped Sjlcer maple.
This has been growing for several years in an
exposed situation on the grounds of the Parlia-
ment buildings at Ottawa. have seen it also in
other places about Ottawa. 1t seems quite hardy
with me here and Mr.. Beall, general agent for
Norris Stone & Wellington, of Toronto, tells me
that it is quite hardy at Quebec. 1t is not mas
sive, as most naples are, but somewhat feathery
in foliage, of eccentric and wayward habit OF
growth. The foliage on the young shoots is re-
markably sashed as may be seen by the cut
given. 1t is an interesting and attractive tree,
worthy Of being planted freely.
A. MACRoPHYLLUM. Great ledUed maple Of Or
egon-This is perhaps, the grandest of all naples,
vet IL not hardy much north of Philadelphia.
However, DR.. George NJ Dawson has found it on
the Pacific coast as high as latitude fifty-one, SO
that 1t Is possible that much more hardy varieties
of it will be found; but whether hardy enough to
stand this climate is probably doubtful
A NFCITNDn NFGUNnn ACERpIDFS 1SI leaned
maple or Bo1 elder.-This tree is indigenous in
the west, and may be found as far north as lati.
tude tifty-three, on the little Saskatchewan.
got one hundred young trees of 1t from Rochester
and also two from Ontario, which have proved by
no means hardy, though some of them may yet
make fair sized trees. The reason will explain
at length, as it shows the existence of some vari
eties not generally known. In the streets OF
Washington, where there are several avenues
three or four miles long Of this tree, 1t found
that they had been planting two different species
one OF southern origin, the other received from
the west The former is the more flexible in
growth, so much SO as to be often bent out OF
shape by the weight OF its seeds, and unable to
| stand as severe cold as the other that from the
west Is more rounded and more compact, is OF
larger leaf, and that with reddish stem its seed
| capsules are larger, and seed has a larger per.
centage abortive; foliage light, lively green and
leaf convex and decidedly the more beautiful tree
| OF the two This species from the west is the
same as that which has proved tender with me
| ance and tells me that in the west there Is what
| Is known as the Ohio Negundo, and that which /.
known as the Missouri Negundo, the latter that OF
the far west, and the one Of most northern habit
| This seems like that in the grounds Of the McGi
| College, grown from seed from Winnipeg This
| tree is Of rapid growth, of medium beauty and
| perfectly hardy. | am told by Mr.. Thomas
| Douglass, of Robert Douglass & Son, Waukegan
Illinois, that the Ohio Negundo il scarcely hardy
| there. On the other hand, the western form is q
| very popular tree upon the praires of the north
west. In Winnipeg 1t is the only tree that has
| been planted as a street tree and as growing
there 1t certainly has sturdy bllzzard-resisting
| appearance, which 1t has not when making faster
| growth upon the praires Of Iowa and Minnesota
| | would strongly urge the planting OF this tree.
| VAR CALIFoRNICUM seems to resemble what Il
grown in Washington as the southern species
VAR FoLns AUREA vARIEGATA. Golden rarie
| gdted Negundo. tree am led to believe, /;
not likely to prove hardy, and have seen 1t suf
| fer severely in Iowa.
hard maple Of Central Europe, next to the
| birch and trembling poplar, the most common
| tree in the Russian woods" 1t is even more
| dense than our own sugar maple, Is slightly more
spreading, and grows nearly as large. 1t ha,
proved hardy in Montreal, seems quite hardy
| with me, and of more rapid growth than thu
| sugar maple. 1t Is a tree that has become quite
a favorlte in the states and has been grown
| largely for street planting. In Washington, mex
to the Oriental Plane, this and the sugar maple
seem their fayorite street trees. Ii does not seen
to sport much, yet it is a tree of wide habitat
and there are many curious varieties OF 1t o
| great beauty.
VAR. CuoULLATUM. Ciuled-lsqf NorOdy maple
Has leaves the lobes Of which curl and turn in
wards, giving it singular and most unmaple
like look 1t is we'll worthy of trial
| VAR. DIssECTUM. CUt-ledUed Nori0dy mdple-
| have never seen large specimen of this, and
| think ii may be of somewhat dwarf habit Of
| growth. 1t is one of the handsomest of cut-leaved
trees This proved perfectly hardy with Mr.
| Brown, and with me has shown no signs Of in
| jury from the past winter.
| VAR. LACISIATUM Eagles Clan NOr1cdy Ma
| ple.-Eas leaves shaped as Its name would sug
gest. Quite curiosity but hardly equal to the
| above two.
| VAR. SoHwERDLERII SchUerdler's Nor,cd,
| Mdple.-This is an Asiatc variety, probably i
native Of Northern China, closely related to thu
Norway maple Its beauty consists in the colo
OF the leaves OF the young Shoots which are otter
bright crimson. This Is said to be the case in
| spring. In july have seen young trees dotted
all over with rich bouquets, rs 1t were, OF rich
| rosy red leaves. As the tree gets old and slower
in growth, this characteristic one would expect u
become less prononce. From what have seen o
it in Iowa aud other places, have little doubt a.
| to its hardness,
| A PoLyMoRPHUM ATRoPURPUREUM.-T Jap
anese are the most beautiful OF all naples among
the most beautifully tinted and laciniated of al
trees Most OF them must be looked upon ~
greenhouse plants, but the above from its hardi
ness, is worthy OF our notice. Several plants o
| IL udNb hlOpu lOI lhb lhhl thItt years III ToItr
| Hill cemetery, near Boston, without injury, anC
also at Mr. Hunneywells, at Wellesley, Massachu
sets, 1t is a shrub Of rich, somewhat purplisl
red foliage, rather deeply cut, and well worthy
! OF such slight protection as II might need In th
climate. | must add, however, that its richness
OF color fades very much about midsummer.
| A. PsEUDo-pLATANUs. European Sycamore
Mdple-This tree is found largely in the centrt,
and milder parts of Europe 1t is said TO be founC
at an altitude of three thousand feet in Swtzer
land, and So possibly, there may be varieties o
II that might prove hardy In Montreal 1t hai
proved far from hardy. | have tried the (Aurel
varegata) golden ledUed, and the lpurpurea) pur
pie iedUed three trees Of each, but the first win
ter killed them all TO the graft. The tricolOr Il
one OF the best variegated trees, but too likely Il
prove tender TO be worth trying,
A. TARrARicuM Tdrtdridn Mdple.--This is
small tree, growing to the height Of twenty fee
on the lower Voga, and is quite common In thu
southern parts OF European Russia. Its Leakage
forget, but il is said 10 be pretty However, 4
suffered to the south OF us during the severe win
ter of lSS0-Sl
OF native varieties A. Pennsyludticum or strid
tlDl the large leayed moose-wood, or striped bari
maple, and the A. Spicatum, are small-slzeC
trees, abundant In our woods that are highl,
ornamental and deserve 10 be better known. Thu