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THE OCCIDENTAL or VIR- 

 GINIA PLANE. 



PLATANUS OCCIDENTALS. 



Fruflification. As the former. 

 Specific charafter. Leaves lobed. 



THE plane trees, as might be inferred 

 from their trivial names, are foreigners, 

 andflill rather the cultivated growth of our 

 parks and gardens, than the fpontaneous 

 product of our woods. They are chiefly 

 valued for their beauty, and the luxuriance 

 of their fhade. The oriental kind, ori- 

 ginally a native of the warm climates of 

 Afia, was in prodigious eftimation with 

 the antients, as affording in the higheft 

 perfection that verdant canopy which is fo 

 grateful to thofe who enjoy the open air in 

 the heats of fummer. It was confecrated 

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