Sycamores. Plane-Tree 2.99 
an interesting, pendent, ball-shape fruit (buttons). Still more inter- 
esting and effective in its color scheme is the yellowish-brown to gray 
bark which peels off in irregular patches (‘‘Clothes tree”), exposmg a 
Fic. 106. — Strawberry Bush Pérus Sinensis Lindl. 
white to greenish skin, and giving the stem and branches a mottled 
appearanice. 
P. occidentalis Linn. (259), the American Sycamore or Buttonwood, 
is hardy into Canada, but unfortunately liable to injury by a leaf fun- 
gus. It grows to ponderous size. Its soft, grayish, large foliage does 
not group well with other trees, hence it should be used alone, and 
