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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



1956 



largest we know of, however, (of which j%. 1957. is a portrait, taken in May, 

 1837,) stands in the grounds of Lambeth Palace, adjoining a magnificent 

 specimen of P. occidentalis ; it is 90ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. 6 in. in dia- 

 meter. The platanus, when of not more than 50 or 60 years' growth, stoles 

 readily when cut down to the ground, and, when so treated, will make shoots 

 in one season of 6 ft. or 8 ft., or even more, in length. 



Geography. The Oriental plane is a native of Greece, and of other parts 

 of the Levant : it is found in Asia Minor, and Persia, where, according to 

 Royle, it extends as far south as Cashmere. (Illust.) According to Pallas, 

 it is doubtful whether it is indigenous to Georgia, though there are trees of it 

 there, with trunks 1 2 ft. in circumference, and of a great height. On Mount 

 Caucasus, it is not much higher than a shrub. It is found on the coast of 

 Barbary, as it is in the south of Italy, and in Sicily ; but is probably not in- 

 digenous to those countries. (See History.) On Mount Etna, it is found as 

 high as 2000 ft. above the level of the sea. It is not a gregarious tree, seldom 

 growing in extensive masses ; and the inviduals, when of large size, are always 

 found on plains, and in a light deep soil, not far from water. Olivier tells us 

 that it is common on the banks of the rivulets in Greece, in the islands of 

 the Archipelago, and on the coast of Asia Minor; but he never found it of 

 a large size, except in good soil near water. 



