5. 



WESTERN PLANE, ORIENTAL PLANE. 

 PLATE 5. FIGURES 1 TO 4. 



UICK as its growth 

 is, the foliage of 

 the Western Plane 

 is none the less 

 beautiful ; and one 

 of its most useful 

 characteristics is its 

 capacity for giving 

 pleasure to towns- 

 people by growing 

 in the heart of 



densely populated cities. It seems indeed almost 

 to thrive with greater luxuriance in the smoke 

 and dust generated by crowded manufacturing 



