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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



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tained the height of 80 ft. ; with a trunk 8 ft. in circumference at 3 ft. from 

 the ground; and the diameter of the head 48 ft. This was in 1817. (See 

 N< -ill's Ilort. Tour, p. 9.) The palace gardens at Lambeth have, since that 

 period, been surrounded by numerous buildings, including several manufac- 

 tories, which have killed many trees, and injured all of them, more or less, 

 by their smoke. Nevertheless, in May, 1837, when we saw this tree, and had 

 the portrait,///,'. 1900., taken of it, it was estimated at upwards of 100 ft. in 

 height. A tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, planted by Miller, in a con- 

 fined situation, but having its roots within reach of the Thames, is estimated 

 at upwards of I [5 ft., in height, with a trunk nearly 5 ft. in diameter at a foot 

 from the ground* When cut down, the Western plane stoles like the other 

 I produces much more vigorous shoots; but, as these seldom 

 npen completely, they are very liable to be injured by frost. Varennes de 

 e mentions two trees of the American plane, which, after being 28 

 planted, measured, the one 5 ft. 7 in., and the other 5 ft. 5 in., at 2 ft. 



