13. 
THE SYCAMORE. 
Acer pseudo-platanus. 
Puatse 3, Fie. 1. 
a ris by the readiness with 
which the Sycamore, or ‘False 
Plane,’ as it is sometimes called, 
owing to the similarity of the form 
of its leaf to that of the Plane- 
AN Tree, grows in this country, and 
x by its abundance, it might be popularly 
ah uy supposed that it is a native of Britain. 
- Such, however, is not the case, though 
it has been with us for probably about three 
hundred years. The common name of the Tree 
has led some persons to suppose that it is identical 
with the Sycomore-Tree mentioned in Scripture, 
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