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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



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tained the height of 80 ft. ; with a trunk 8 ft. in circumference at 3 ft. from 

 the ground; and the diameter of the head 48 ft. This was in 1817. (See 

 Neill's Hort. Tour, p. 9.) The palace gardens at Lambeth have, since that 

 period, been surrounded by numerous buildings, including several manufac- 

 tories, which have killed many trees, and injured all of them, more or less, 

 by their smoke. Nevertheless, in May, 1837, when we saw this tree, and had 

 the portrait,/^. I960., taken of it, it was estimated at upwards of 100 ft. in 

 height. A tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, planted by Miller, in a con- 

 fined situation, but having its roots within reach of the Thames, is estimated 

 at upwards of 1 15 ft. in height, with a trunk nearly 5 ft. in diameter at a foot 

 from the ground. When cut down, the Western plane stoles like the other 

 species, and produces much more vigorous shoots; but, as these seldom 

 ripen completely, they are very liable to be injured by frost. Varennes de 

 Fenille mentions two trees of the American plane, which, after being 28 

 years planted, measured, the one 5 ft. 7 in., and the other 5 ft. 5 in., at 2 ft. 



