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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM, 



PART III. 



flowering in April and May, and, in some- seasons, in England, ripening its 

 seeds in October. 



Cultivated in British gardens before 1548. 



Varieties. 



3f P. o. 2 aeerifolia Ait. Hort. Kew., iii. p. 364. ; P. o. ,4'ceris folio Tonrn. 

 Cor., 41.,* Arb., 2. ; P. tfcerifolia Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 474. ; P. inter- 

 media Hort. ; the Maple-leaved 

 Plane Tree (see the plate of this 

 tree in our last Volume) ; has the 

 leaves cordate, 5-lobed, remotely 

 dentate, truncate at the base. 

 ( Willd.) In general appearance, 

 habit of growth, and every other 

 particular, it closely resembles 

 the species. The leaves on the 

 trees in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden, and at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's, are, perhaps, not 

 quite so large; and they are 

 somewhat like those of the sugar 

 maple. There are vigorous young 

 trees in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden ; and a fine speci- 

 men in the grounds of A. Salvin, 

 Esq., at Finchley, of which a 

 portrait is given in our last Vo- 

 lume. 

 ¥ P. o. 3 hispdnica ; P. hispanica 

 Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; P. macro- 

 phylla Cree in Don Cat.; the 

 Spanish Maj)le ; has the leaves 

 rather longer than those of the 

 species, but is in other respects 

 the same. 

 *£ P. o. 4 cunedta ; P. o. undulata Ait. 

 Hort. Kew., iii. p. 364 ; P. cu- 

 neata Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 473., 

 Baumzucht, p. 283.; and the plate \ 

 of this tree in our last Volume; V 

 has the leaves 3 — 5-lobed, den- 

 tate, and wedge-shaped at the 

 base; somewhat glabrous. {Willd.) This is a stunted-looking low 

 tree, or bush, seldom seen above 20 ft. in height, with small deeply 

 cut leaves. It may be useful in small gardens, or miniature arbo- 

 retums, as affording a specimen of the genus. There is a young 

 tree of this kind in the Horticultural Society's Garden, of which the 

 plate in our last Volume is a portrait. 

 Other Varieties might be selected from beds of seedlings, if it were thought 

 worth while to keep them distinct ; and, if a pendulous-branched or fastigiate 

 plane could be procured, or one subevergreen, in point of variety they 

 would be acquisitions. 



Beta iption, £<?. The Oriental plane is one of the noblest trees of the East, 

 where it grows to the height of 70 ft. and upwards, with widely spreading 

 branches and B massive trunk ; forming altogether a majestic tree. The bark 

 of the trunk is smooth, and of'a whitish grey; scaling off every year in large 

 irregular patches. The branches are numerous, round, and generally a little 

 crooked, or zigzag, at the joints ; the bark of the young shoots is brown, 

 inclining to purple. The leaves are large, alternate, and on long petioles, 

 h are swelled at the base, and cover the buds : they are cut into five deep 



