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to wide streets. Although frequently severely pruned, 

 its appearance is not permanently injured thereby. The soil 



for the Sycamore should be 

 rich and moist. Properly 

 placed it grows very rapidly 

 and is well adapted to the 

 conditions imposed by city 

 environment. It suffers 

 much from a disfiguring leaf 

 and twig blight, especially 

 in early spring, and in New 

 York and New England it is 

 especially subject to sun 

 burn, frost crack and winter killing. 



London Plane. A relative of the American Syc 

 amore is the London Plane usually listed by nursery 

 men as Oriental Plane. It is supposed to be a natural 

 hybrid between our Sycamore and the true Oriental Plane. 

 This is more symmetrical and compact than the Sycamore, 

 and in many cities it is more used than any other tree, 

 because of its beauty and the readiness with which it 

 adapts itself to the condi 

 tions of city environment. 

 The tree has the stateliness 

 characteristic of the Ameri 

 can Sycamore and a finely 

 formed top of much grace 

 and dignity, with perfect 

 symmetry as one of its most 

 striking and pleasing points 

 of attractiveness. In com 

 mon with the Sycamore, it 

 may be pruned vigorously with a minimum of damage, 

 and this is a factor in its selection for narrow thorough- 



