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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



flowering in April and May, and, in some seasons, in England, ripening its 

 seeds in^October. Cultivated in British gardens before 1548. 



Varieties. 



5f P. o. 2 acerifolia Ait. Hort. Kew., iii. p. 364. ; P. o. y^'ceris folio Tourn. 

 Cor., 41., Arb., 2. ; P. «cerif61ia Wi/ld. Sp. PL, iv. p. 474. ; P. inter- 

 media HorL ; the Majjle-lcaved 

 Plane Tree (see the plate of this 

 tree in our last Volume) ; has the 

 leaves cordate, 3-lobed, remotely 

 dentate, truncate at the base. 

 (IVil/d.) In general appearance, 

 habit of growth, and every other 

 particular, it closely resembles 

 the species. The leaves on the 

 trees in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden, and at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's, are, perhaps, not 

 quite so large ; and they are 

 somewhat like those of the sugar 

 maple. There are vigorous young 

 trees in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden ; and a fine speci- 

 men in the grounds of A. Salvin, 

 Esq., at Finchley, of which a 

 portrait is given in our last Vo- 

 lume. 

 2 P. o. 3 hispdnica ; P. hispanica 

 Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; P. macro- 

 phylla Cree in Don Cat. ; the 

 Spanish Maj)le ; has the leaves 

 rather longer than those of the 

 species, but is in other respects 

 the same, 

 i P. 0. 4 cnncdta ; P. o. undulata Ait. 

 Hort. Kew., iii. p. 364 ; P. cu- 

 neata Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 473., 

 Baiimziicht,^.2S'S.; and the plate | 

 of this tree in our last Volume ; ^ 

 has the leaves 3 — ■5-lobed, den- 

 tate, and wedge-shaped at the 

 base; somewhat glabrous. (Willd.) This is a stunted-looking low 

 tree, or bush, seldom seen above 20 ft. in height, with small deeply 

 cut leaves. It may be useful in small gardens, or miniature arbo- 

 retums, as affording a specimen of the genus. There is a young 

 tree of this kind in the Horticultural Society's Garden, of which the 

 plate in our last Volume is a portrait. 

 Other Varietie.i might be selected from beds of seedlings, if it were thought 

 worth while to keep them distinct ; and, if a pendulous-branched or fastigiate 

 plane could be procured, or one subevergrcen, in point of variety they 

 would be acquisitions. 



Description, Sfc. The Oriental plane is one of the noblest trees of the East, 

 where it grows to the height of 70 ft. and upwards, with widely spreading 

 branches and a massive trunk ; forming altogether a majestic tree. The bark 

 of the trunk is smooth, and of a whitish grey; scaling off every jear in large 

 irregular patches. The branches urc numerous, round, and generally a little 

 crooked, or zigzag, at the joints ; the bark of the young shoots is brown, 

 inclining to purple. The leaves are large, alternate, and on long petioles, 

 which are swelled at the base, and cover the buds : they are cut into five deep 



