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landscape where it would be singularly effect- 

 ive. It is very hardy, and will thrive in 

 any soil or situation. The finest specimen 

 at Bartram is growing on an elevated situa- 

 tion, in a gravelly soil on a rocky substratum, 

 and is sixty feet in height, and three feet two 

 inches in circumference. In the fine arbore- 

 tum of Mr. G. W. Pierce, near West Chester, 

 there is a fine specimen near eight feet in 

 circumference. There are also some fine 

 specimens on the grounds of the Society of 

 Friends, on Mulberry between Third and 

 Fourth streets, Philadelphia. 



For propagation from seed, see No. 1. 



6. A. PSEUDO-PLATANUS, Linnceus. Leaves 

 cordate at the base, 5-lobed, unequally den- 

 tate. Fruit with long, large wings. Syca- 

 more. 



This has a more formal appearance than 

 the last, being more regularly round-headed. 

 It is readily distinguished by its habit, which 

 is stiff and little inclined to branch. The 

 lobes of the leaves are more pointed, and 

 there is a wide difference in the fruit. It is 

 a fine object grown as a single specimen, at- 

 taining sixty or seventy feet high. It is a 



