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the existence of only one true American plane in France, which is growing in the 

 Jardin des Plantes at Angers ; but I saw in the rich collection of M. Allard at 

 La Maulevrie near Angers, a tree about 30 feet high which, though it bore no 

 fruit, seemed quite healthy. M. L. Henry* says that another tree exists in the 

 Botanic Garden at Nantes. There are three trees of this species, about 50 feet 

 high, growing in the garden of Messrs. Simon Louis at Planti^res-les-Metz.'' 

 Schneider knows of no trees in Germany or Austria. (H. J. E.) 



' Le Jardin, 1903, p. 212. * Schelle, in litt. 



