15. 
THE ORIENTAL PLANE. 
Platanus orientalis. 
Prate 3, Fie, 8. 
vy “NOX HAT we have said of the Western 
TS Plane will apply ina great measure 
to the present species; and here 
it will therefore be chiefly necessary 
to note the distinguishing features 
of the two Trees, remarking first 
“OO” thatPlatanus occidentalis, though considered 
» somewhat less ornamental than the Orien- 
tal Plane, grows more readily and rapidly 
and requires a moister soil or proximity to 
water, though in many a city corner it flourishes 
well without either a very moist soil or the pre- 
sence of water. Platanus orientalis does not shed 
