52 TOWN PLANTING 



Court, St. Paul's. There being a diversity 

 of opinion as to which variety of Plane it is, 

 it may be stated that, on a careful examin- 

 ation of a large number of specimens, the 

 variety P. o. acerifolia was found not only 

 more commonly distributed, but likewise 

 better suited for town planting than the typical 

 P. orientalis. This valuable variety is readily 

 distinguished from the American Plane 

 (P. Occident alls), with which it is not in- 

 frequently confounded, by the many fruit 

 "balls" which are attached to each peduncle, 

 the fruits of P. occidentalis being for the 

 greater part produced singly. But not only 

 because it succeeds so well as a town tree is 

 the Oriental Plane much sought after; the 

 large size to which it grows, coupled with the 

 handsome, finely-cut leaves and easy habit 

 of growth, render it one of the most orna- 

 mental of trees. Another good quality is that 

 it (succeeds extremely well in soils of very 

 opposite description. In midwinter the beauti- 

 fully marbled stem of grey and yellow caused 

 by the shedding of the bark in large irregular 



