26 the tree propagator and planter. 



The Plane-tree. 



The Plane-tree is a small class of very remarkable, 

 fine park trees. Its foliage is of the noblest description; 

 the leaves, which are not so thick in numbers as some, 

 being very large and of a boldly-cut character. This 

 tree is one most deserving of a place in parks and 

 public places for its shade during the summer. It may 

 be multiplied by seed, like the Sycamore, Maple, &c. 

 It will also grow by cuttings of the last season's growth, 

 cut off just where the shoot started, with a heel of the 

 old wood, clean cut at right angles at the bottom of the 

 cutting, and dug in, as in the case of the Laurel, in fine 

 light soil three-fourths of the length of the cutting, 

 treading the soil firmly on the lower part of it. If the 

 weather should be a long and severe frost, or is likely 

 1o be, some means must be adopted to protect these 

 cuttings, as the hard frosts will even kill old trees of 

 the Plane kind. Some branches of Fir, or furze, or 

 ferns may be used to cover them on such occasions, to 

 be removed as soon as a thaw commences. The wood 

 of the Plane is of little use except for firewood. 



The Cedar. 



The Cedar of Lebanon and the Cedrus deodara are the 

 most conspicuous of all Cedars. These are too well 

 known to require any description here ; suffice it to say 

 that both are worthy of a more extensive cultivation 

 than they yet command. The Deodar is certainly the 

 most beautiful to be found for park planting, and makes 

 one of the most majestic and at the same time most 

 graceful trees to be seen, while the C. Lebanon no doubt 

 outvies every species and variety of evergreen tree to 

 be found in the world. A well- grown specimen, 200 

 years old, throws every other forest tree into the shade 

 for general magnificence of character, both in regard to 

 its magnitude and colour. It is difficult to convey any- 

 thing like an accurate idea of the imposing magnitude 

 of such a thing to one who has never seen large trees. 



