ii.] OF THE ANCIENTS. 63 



evergreen variety of the Plane, which had even 

 been propagated by cuttings. This statement, how- 

 ever, appears apocryphal. 



More credit seems due to his report as to dwarf 

 Plane-trees (Chamceplatani) existing in his time in 

 Italy : for it is well known that the Chinese have 

 long possessed the art of growing stunted vari- 

 eties of the larger trees by pruning their roots, 

 and by employing other means of arresting their 

 development. 



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