Maple

Maple (Acer) - Trees, mostly of northern regions, often of the highest value, some of the species breaking into a great number of varieties.

Among the best are the Silver Maple (A. eriocarpum), a beautiful tree, though we get from it other forms which are not of much value. The Norway Maple (A. platanoides) has many varieties, though none of them better than the natural tree. It is doubtful if there is any finer tree than this when old. It is the best of forest trees to face the sea, as in Anglesey and many other windy places. Our Native Maple (A. campestre) is also a pretty tree, seldom planted in gardens. The Virginian (A. rubrum) is a beautiful tree, as is also the Sugar Maple (A. saccharinum) and the Colchic Maple (A. laetum). The Japanese Maples are beautiful, but not quite robust, except in favoured districts. A. Negundo has given us the much over-valued, too variegated Maple common in gardens. A. Ginnala is a low tree whose leaves die off a rich red in color. The N. American and European species are hardy as forest trees, and thrive in almost any soil, but the Southern American and Japanese kinds want warmer soils to thrive in our climate.

A number of kinds have of recent years come to us from China and Japan and other northern regions, but as yet we have little evidence of their value in the home landscape. The best effects so far are from the northern forest kinds, like the Norway Maple, the Virginian Maple, and even the brown forms of the Sycamore Maple, which come freely from seed, and so may escape the mistaken labor of the grafter who does not look to the results of the practice on the life of the tree. The evil result of this is frequent in the varieties of the Japanese Maple, attractive in color, the Japanese often grafting on other and more vigorous kinds, and plants so increased are not worth planting. In such a noble family of trees, often fine in form and color, the planting of variegated kinds is a mistake.

Among the less planted kinds are carpinifolium, circinatum, Davidii, griseum, Heldreichii, insigne, Laetum, Loellii, macrophyllum, Myaboyii nikaense, opalus, saccharum, and Vol-zemi, worthy of a place where there is space to spare.

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