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as !i_litlv as tho-e of the birch or alder are covered, or heating them in with 

 the \r.\^^ ot'the spade, and not covering them at all; and protecting the beds 

 \\ith litter of -ome >ort, to exclude the Iro-^t. ( See p. Ifis.j.) The plants \\ill 

 (.o:ne np the fo!!ov.m_ r spring, and, after two years' growth, will be fit for trans- 

 plantinu r into nursen lines, there to undergo the usual routine of nursery 

 culture. ( Si'e I', Occident alls, Propagation and Culture.) ( 'uttinus of the ( )riental 

 plane., put in in autumn, in a sandy soil, and in a shadv situation, will root, but 

 In no means readily; and. therefore, this method is never resorted to by nur- 

 senmen. La\ers soonest produce saleable plants; and this mode is almost, 

 uuiver>all\ adopted, both in Britain and on the Continent. Layers may be 

 made either in autumn or spring: they root freely, producing shoots 3 ft. or 

 1 it. in length the first year; and thev are ready to be taken otF the following 

 autumn. Alter being one year in the nurserv lines, they mav be removed to 

 \\here they arc 1 finally to remain; but, if they are to be planted as singletrees, 

 and separately fenced, they should be kept in the nursery till they are loft. 

 or ^'ift. hiuh; care being taken to transplant them every year, and to prune 

 their heads in proportion to the losses sustained bv their roots in trans- 

 planting. Trees so treated will seldom fail when removed to their final situ- 

 ation ; but, if there should be anv doubt of this, it mav be removed, bv cutting 

 oil' the greater number of side branches from the head, shortening the leading 

 shoot, and coating the wounds over with a composition, to exclude the air. 



Statistics. llccotdcd Trees. In addition to the remarkable trees recorded by the Greek and 

 Roman authors see p. :.'u>"7. , the following may be noticed as having flourished 'in more modern 

 time.-. Ha-M-l.jui.--t mention- a plane tree in the island of Cos v now Stanchi<>\ the circumference 

 ol the trunk ot' which was -J."^ Hritish teet. He brought a specimen ot the tree to Linnxus; 

 and it i- nu\v in the Lmir.ean herbarium. 'i'he celebrated plane tree at Jiny nkdere, or tlie (ireat 

 Valley, i- mentioned by Olivier, and, alter In in, by l'oc<|ueville. Hobhouse, and various other writers. 

 Olivier fays that the trunk present- the appearance of 7 or s trees, having a eommon origin, which 

 he ,-uppo-c- to be the >tool ot' a decayeil tree, and winch were all connected at their base. Dr. 

 Wai-h. who measured the tree in 1 v Jl, found the trunk 1H It. in uircumfereuee at the ba.-e, and its 

 brai'i :,e- coverin.u' a .-pace I.}" ft. ni diameter. The trunk, he sa\s, " divides into 11 branches, some of 

 which i.--i:e I'rom below the present surface ot'the soil, anil some do not divide till they rise 7 It. or 

 S ft. al>o . e it. One of the large-t is hollowed out by lire, and affords a cabin to shelter a husband- 

 man. The tree, if it can be considered a single plant, is certainly the largest in the world. Among 

 other traveller- who notice it is a Frenchman who describes it, with some truth, as ' un temple dc 

 verdure, surmonti' d'un dome pret a toucher les nnes.' When the Turks encamp in this valley, the 

 hollow of t!u- great tree atlords a magnificent tent to the seraskier who commands them, with all 

 hi- ollicer-. Hut what renders the tree an object of more than usual interest is, that M. 1 )e Candolle 

 ' "Mr tures that it must be more than L'OOO years old. '1'liough it has become such an object of ad- 

 miration to recent traveller-, (Jilhes takes no notice of it, nor even Tournefort. whose botanical nur- 



u '- '' il i naturally have led him to do so." /{,-siit,-ni;- ni C t ist,intiit t ,)>l,\ \c. Near Nostizza," the 

 -Kcium oi the ancient-, on the beach of the stream Selinus. llobhoiise found " the enormous plane 

 tree which was notorious m the tune of ( handler. One of its largest brand u -. as thick as the trunk 

 01 mo-t trees, ha- I.J.-ly lallen oil'; and many of the other boughs are supported by long beams of 

 ni. ; Triii* h UL Mhanni. p. L'J!'.') The' same tree is described by Buckingham as being 

 ! < ft. in di..m ler, and I 1 '" it in height, and as being covered with rich and luxuriant foliage. The 

 trie a! I., r ( ourt i- mentioned bv Kvelyn as having been seen by him on September Iti. ItiM.'J. 

 A portrait nM -!:,, wa- published by St rutt, in his .Sy/c,/ lint, in /<</', p. 1 1.'. 'I hi' circumference 

 ol thi ' .. .red by .Mr. strntf, was 1 Mt. S in. at ii It. from the ground ; tiie height was 



'.ill . . . ' ' ned ,nl cubic feet ol' timber. In Manning and line's ,S;->v//, vol. iii. p. l.;ti., 



esir.il 1. u ;e Oriental planes are mentioned as growing at the '-cat of Sir William" Temple, at Moor 



I'ark.mar] irnham; but, being afterwards destroyed by the seven' frost of IsdS ami lSo!>, it is more 



" ' ' prnl>ahle tlie> wj-re Occidental I'lanes. Dr. Walker mentions several large plane trees as exist- 



thc term sycamore, at that tune gi nerally applied to the platanus in 



One ot the largest was in the I.-le of llute, at Mount Stewart ; where, on t he 1st of Sep- 



i i tl'i ( i ink iiieasiired ii ft. Id in. in circumference at 1 ft. from the ground. 'I 'his tree was 



I ol llute in I7.;s. In the year 1771, there was a row of /'bit amis along the side of 



""< "i I'" -trn-t- in Koth-.iy.wlud, grew there like willows , but, before the year 1771, they were all 



ice to new buddings. In Uelgium, near (ihent, in the'gtounds of the villa of 



\I V< mei ter, Dr. N'eill found, in 1M7, an a\enne of Oriental planes, the finest he ever saw. 



I hi tiei , about 7" ft. high, trained upto the height of about 40ft., and the trunks 



/ ' - '/'/'I r-.s. In the em iron- of London, at Mount (.rove. Hamp.-tead, si: years old. it is 77 ft. 



in ter I tin ti link I It. I in., and of the head !) ft. ; in the Chelsea .Mofanie i.ardcn, it if 



it. l>i/h ; at I.ambeth, the one before mentioned, ''o ft. high : and one in the grounds of 



I >uke of Devonshire's villa, at < hi-uii k, not ver> high, but wit ha head UN, ft. in diameter. .South 



' : I ."i, don : in Dor-eNhire. at Mel bury I 'ark, 'J'i years planii d. it i- II It. high, the diameter of the 



trunk ,lt. - in , and thai of the brad .,o ft. : m 1 1. imp-hire, at Alre-ford, 1 1 \ ear- pl.mtrd, itis7lift. 



ter of I i !i unk j tl ,i,in , and that ol the head . ft .: in Somersetshire, al Nettlecombe 



1 ' planted, it i- i, I it. high, the diameter of the trunk - ft. : in Sn-M'X, at \Nest Dean, 1.") yeari 



II ' gh : m Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, JJi \ears planti'd, it is .}i) if . high, thediame- 



'' ' ' ' ' " nd : U i, m . and thai ol tin head , - it , at Longford ( a- tie it i-i.U I .high, the diameter 



lit MII , and that of the head oH't. North of I. !,,,i : in U, rk-lme, at ' White Knights, 



II high: m JJilckinghamslure.at Temple HOLM-, i; \ear-pl.mted itis u Oft. 



I the head o ft : in >', i op-hire, at \\ lli'\ l'..rk, I "> \ eai s ( lanti'd, it is Js ft high - 



' XV ' '' ' (. ' ' ' II .let 1,1 th IM Ilk ft.. ,-HHl ot 



