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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 1 



1956 



largest we know of, however, (of which fig. 1957. is a portrait, taken in May, 

 18.'47,) stands in the grounds of Lambeth Palace, adjoining a magnificent 

 specimen of P. occidentalis ; it is 90 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. 6 in. in dia- 

 meter. The platanus, when of not more than 50 or 60 years' growth, stoles 

 readily when cut down to the ground, and, when so treated, will make shoots 

 in one season of 6 ft. or 8 ft., or even more, in length. 



Geography* The Oriental plane is a native of Greece, and of other parts 

 of the Levant : it is found in Asia Minor, and Persia, where, according to 

 Koyle, it extends as far south as Cashmere. (Illust.) According to Pallas, 

 it is doubtful whether it is indigenous to Georgia, though there are trees of it 

 there, with trunks 12 ft. in circumference, and of a great height. On Mount 

 I it is not much higher than a shrub. It is found on the coast of 



Bertary, as it is in the south of Italy, and in Sicily; but is probably not in- 

 digenout to those countries. (See Ilutori/.) On Mount Etna, it is found as 

 high at 2000 ft. above the level of the sea. It is not a gregarious tree, seldom 

 usive masses; and the inviduals, when of large size, are always 

 found on plains, and in a light deep soil, not far from water. Olivier tells us 

 that it it Common on the banks of the rivulets in Greece, in the islands of 

 the Archipelago, and on the coast of Asia Minor; but he never found it of 

 ■ larj cept in good soil near water. 



