Hknuy and Flood — The Hishrij of the London Plane. 27 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 

 Plate IV. 



Platanus Jiispcmica, Mueiich. Tree 60 feet high, at Bayfoidbury, Herts. 

 Photograph kindly sent by the owner, Mr. H. Clinton Baker. 



Plate Y. 

 Fig. 



1. Platamis orientalis, L. Branches with leaves and fruit from a tree at 



Jesus College, Cambridge, raised from seed brought from Thermopylae 

 in 1802. 



2. Platanus occidenialis, L. Branch with leaves and fruit from a wild tree 



in United States. A seedling, one month old, is also shown. 



Plate VI. 



3. Platantis aceri/olia, Willd. Brancli with leaves and fruit from an old tree 



at Kew. 



4. Platamis 211/i'aniidalis, Elvers. Branch with leaves and fruit from a tree 



at Kew. 



Plate VII. 



5. Platanus hispanwa, Mueuch. Branch with leaves and fruit from a tree 



at Kew. 



6. Platanus ciincata, Willd. Branch with leaves and fruit from a tree at 



Kew. A seedling of P. orientalis is also shown. 



Plate VIII. 



7. Platanus digitata, Gordon. Branch witli leaves and fruit from a tree in 



Cambridge Botanic Garden. 



5. Two seedlings at Glasneviu, now 7 feet high, raised in 1910 from seed of 

 a Platanus acerifolia at Kew, showing the diversity in foliage of tlie 

 second (Fj) generation. 



