ye 
- gin os the leaf a sy the lea: 
_ Occid 
cms tein 
1842.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
109 
divisions indicate species, as was formerly toeeht, or 
preepes of species, as seems to be the modern opini 
sion r ORIENTAL PLANES; ie 
sietacd into ~ coarsely-toothed lobes, 
narrower at the base — the middle. Balls of fruit ucee 
The true On RIENT LANE (P. orientalis) is readily 
‘era EPO yar all others. by its noble shin ning. leaves 
heing divided obes, reaching more th alf way 
i 
m three-quarters © oO an poe in di mag 
m s been sai writers of paver i for th 
history of —s the reader will do well to consult Lou- 
don’s retum Britanni pee It is perfectly hardy, 
and in all Foe 8 a most ae tree. 
But it appears, that. in the East there sues seater 
h_ broader leaves, hive lobes are less 
r base, Lae. 9 
y 
denow ED (P. acerifolia), and is gaa. 
time in yg 2 the Spanish Plane, though 
it is not found in Spain in either a wild or om rater sta 
It has fruit in all respects ee that of the 
and its leaves ane muc wedge-shape 
es, indeed, so in ae. de 
s 
f-stalk are at right angles to each 
Because of its broad leaves, many persons mistake 
it x3 ‘the Occidental Plane, which is a great e Al- 
though we are assured by all authorities tha this s an 
Eastern tree, yet w not find any exact locality assigned 
t rs, however, among t i lants brough 
‘ t 
mon Cashmere by Dr. Royle, and is, in all altar 2 
arded by ireealitcs 8 as the Reee Plane itself. It 
perfecty hardy and a majestic 
s these two Orie oer pices the distinctions be- 
in - woe are clearly m has been added 
to our list by Willdenow, under the name of the WepGr- 
neata), 
of o Bes 
f the Orien 
_ It appears 
gant _ on atural 
i I. OccipENTAL PLANES e leaves 
more or less divided a. three or five ighty-toothed 
lobes, which are broadest at the base ens of frui 
small these n young seed- 
lings are often nearly round and very “slightly lobed, or are 
even e zenge-shaped. 
Th ue OccIDENTAL PLANE (P. occidentalis) inhabits 
- United States, and is unknown in a wild state in the 
d Wo In its native forests, it is represented as 
aig sak a a brs and bears the name _ “But 
there is no mistakin $ spe- 
* Seeages 
But it is so 
really ecimen ; 
illed by spring frosts, and the foliage, 
at the best, thin and bare, compared ith that of the Ori- 
D 
Ss 
ries 
ci h it is very 
Michaux’s work on ‘ “paso, 
st Trees,’’ yet there is even there sufficient to 
that the same plant is what was intended by that sir 
for Platanus occidentalis. 
But if rk ay of our parks is almost universally the 
ayia 4 hig batho rieecpeni rg oe 
i t our 
Paks, and so tender? After the most careful investigae 
tion of the history of these plants, it appears not. to be 
distinguished by botanist 
sort. 
s from 
It is, ene = the Frenc 
dental oe 3b igen + be found in books will 
entirely cor ites vith j It cannot be the P. cuneata 
of Willdenow ; or that fe om: his gg came from 
the East, and tinctly states it h me as the 
orientalis ea lata of our Baath eientieni as had 
been already shown; nothing to do 
so e Pla 
xis ie eee ing this plant, it is : posible that 
of the Oc 
Neve 
vanat cidental Plan 
fruit 
rop 
—— of al 
and, finally, as- 
ae a pe “ everywhere else 
vidence that really 
it is a mere 
rit has the same sm 
ttheless, it is desirable that it should be dis- 
acnihedand the name of the 
hylla,) may be conveniently applied to it; for it has 
leaves of more different forms than any other, some enees| 
other: 
lobed, especially when the plant becomes 
approach is to the Me 
the old leave covered benea 
ag se is, perhaps, t 
by Doug’ 
The sit 
xican 
ile v 
e pore 2 as a woolly ppert found 
as in California; but that i 
usion that we wish our rea 
old. Its ha 
rig bu 
S ies from 
these ie is, that they should on no accom buy an 
of the Occidental Plane: 
Syc samireduaeed speci 
pable of Wag the Sébes 
noble timber 
cases W 
tr We are 
where the Occidental Paneds 
tree, it is the Sycamore-leaved aoe that | is redlly 
tended, 
or less, 
ne are hardy, aa: ca- 
es of the planter 45 producing 
sati ps d that i v3 — 
aid to bcd om: 
—_—_ 
NIGHT'S saan PEAR. 
peared in the first year 
Mon 
outline ti a fruit, selected of 
du e last season on 
of th 
arch ” (William the Fourth). 
? 
e reign of our m 
— size from those pro- 
dard in the aa a 
a 
the Horticultural Society, repeseats its size 
The stalk i mie 9 all cases, remarkably sh 
a shallow igure Pie gen 
ed next the s 
eye 18 open, 1 
Pt 3 ag tinged with r 
bere interspersed with rou 
owish, eng, sae d 
grows vigorously, and is a m 
standard ; 
tha’ 
and rich; s 
this i 
pale gray flecks. 
ort _ thick re 
ral prt: is 
, and e en on 
ndish preooine pets ; 
mic tat 
most abun 
dant beare 
_ the fruit from which is much higher pa 
wall. Janua 
ry is its season of becoming 
THE AMATEUR’S GARDEN. —No. VII. 
oth er indica ations present | themselves of the coming spring. 
No 
of A cra nt re fruit-trees, and Vines wu, 
Roses fers also be pruned 
fan te ete 
reason for what he 
now. 
ental therefo ore e, should alw 
made subservient to _ purposes of man; the question, 
ys be, what are the objects to be at- 
ally bear best when the ey are allowed 
grow to their natural iseke as they are seen in he orchards! 
] arket-garde wy 4 but as this would be in man 
cases inconvenient in small gardens, various modes of 
training are are actised by which the trees “9 made to grow 
and fruit in a very limited space. Where are allowed 
to geow to tel fall si size, the only pruning reuied is the 
thinning out o y have the 
f the branches, so that t 
air. 
full ben efit of the sun 
in s 
SPs as it were, this opposition to the will of the gardener, 
and quietly = about spending their strength in the form- 
ation of fru ds. 
mate curs ‘who have been successful thus far in the yee 
tanta 
few fine days, and leave them unea tered ; we vhcase still exe 
pect sharp frosts an tl e tim 
come. Plants in the greenho Be framerought to have 
abundance of air every fine tag by ope pening the es or 
rsin the morning and c g them an in the 
Those intended for bedding out oer bei ~ 
duced to grow, so that goo ern lea 
them. If the soil 0a Sia t ready and = ie 0 
order, ‘ivetabaions plants may oe repotted ;. but this ought 
not to be done if o ‘ae is wet. oe of the plants 
depends much upon the bottoms of the pots cing properly 
drained, and worms rons out of the soil.— RA. F 
HOME “gee aha a ng 
On nting.—The root-pru ning ¢ Mr. Rivers has 
given the lie to the horticultaral distich of 
fo ge hye 
and the oc vigimcales an may now ‘‘ order his rows’ 
fair hope of r 
and the selfish, t 
induced to arin -# 
wish, mat Sh to adda all 
merely. to plant Pear-trees but to plant shrubberies, 
hedgerows, and w to profit by old Dumbiedikes’ 
advice to his son, every now and then to be sticking in a 
tree when he had nothing else to do. Ibelieve ee is ree vie | 
learned Grecian who says— Never mys to co 
plenting rg but think twice befo ears 
H re selfish peopl deterred she the ** Ahyi it: is is too 
th anything.”’ 
ow oO 
late now ; 
Ahoy: T wee no doubt, Mr. Editor, that you will do 
tions, yet ‘0 etd of ‘the best periche you can 
c will be the converting the non- 
young saplings, will be so 
sure to go on, and he who ” Slants well one 
acre this tak ‘will, if his means admit, plant two the 
ou essentially 
seeatees 3 their diiealtis, their almos 
msequent pas cm and the’ 
profit. Th e fame, as ice s the success of the Duke 
a gy set it put him in the same class as the a and 
the Russells. Wilt jcrigiesk you call on ; 
to plant, stimulate o plant w well: fi tie 
a, done well then ny ‘one cheaply, but of all shins 
uccessful is cheap planting. The digging a 
and there, and trampling in 
ith moss, the 
rabbi Il 
This, indeed, is the only really 
dear planting. Amongst my ng acq 
curious to observe how man: y there are wer consider oo 
polenys tree survives all the eet usage of being torn ou 
t of the ground at 2d, a thousand, gr nth nd of 
some 200 miles, and then 
pruning 
upon walls. | the 
The amateur should | wh 
pa stpatirrar 
trees are 
4 does. Shrubs’ 
aed plein ah ge 
