376 OUR WOODLAND TREES. 
wealth of green and gold in the darkest and 
dreariest corners of the most dismal town centres, 
bringing gladness to tired eyes, freshness to 
wearled brains, and sweet thoughts of ‘the 
country’ to poor people who never see green 
fields, and whose hard lives would be sad indeed 
but for the glory and beauty of town Trees. 
For those who would wish to extend the 
heartiest welcome to the Western Plane, to plant 
it in their gardens or parks, and to do what in 
them les to promote its wholesale introduction 
into town streets, into treeless corners, or into 
any place suited for this beautiful Tree, we have 
already given the very simple conditions of culture, 
namely, a moist, free, rich soil, with as much pro- 
tection from exposure as possible. The Tree 
may be grown either from seed, by layers, or by 
cuttings. The abundance of its seed will pro- 
bably suggest a preference for this form of pro- 
pagation. The seed should not be gathered until 
late in the autumn, or it may even be left until 
early in the following spring, and in either case 
can be planted as soon as gathered in rich, sandy 
soul, and lightly covered with mould. If planted 
