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landers of Scotland tap the trees for the juice^ 

 with which they make an agreeable kind of 

 wine." 



THE PLANE. 



Of the Plane-tree, we shall not, I dare 

 say, find a specimen here. Its leaves, broad 

 and numerous, like those of the Sycamore, 

 afford a grateful shade in summer heats ; and 

 therefore the tree was a great favourite with 

 the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Syca- 

 more answers the purpose nearly as well, and 

 suits our climate rather better. The wood is 

 beautifully marked, and used frequently for 

 tables." 



