298 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
A number of varieties present variations in color foliage and stat- 
ure. Of these may be mentioned: P. Moorlosi (257a), with pendu- 
lous branches, low stature, 
small, narrow foliage, and 
pink to white flowers, P. 
macrocarpa (257), with 
very spreading habit and 
light red flowers; P. roseo 
flore pleno (254c¢), with 
large, semi-double rose-like 
flowers; P. grandiflora 
(257d), with very large, 
pink and white flowers, 
and graceful habit; P. 
nivalis (257e), and sim- 
plex (257f), with white 
flowers; P. folus rubris 
(257g), a low bush with 
dark red leaves and sal- 
mon-red colored fruit. A 
newly introduced attrac- 
tive variety — 
P. Niedzivetskyana 
(257h) excels in red color, 
all parts of the plant par- 
taking in it. 
P. Mauler Mast. (258) 
is useful because of its dwarf form (three feet) and compact habit, 
with a plenitude of thorns, dark green, lustrous foliage, and large, 
showy flowers, varying from orange to scarlet. The hardiest of the 
Japanese quinces. 
Fic. 105 —~ Pirus floribunda Nichols. 
SYCAMORES. PLANE-TREE 
Platanus. Of the six or seven species, native and of oriental origin, 
two species are frequently planted, one native and one exotic. They 
aie imposing trees, of rapid growth, broad, spreading habit, with mas- 
sive limbs, but open-branch system and rather symmetrical outline, 
with large leaves, whose size makes up for their scanty number, with 
