THE OCCIDENTAL PLANE. 



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Another species of Plane, called the Sycamore- 

 leaved, Platanus acerifolia, is said to have been 

 often mistaken by travellers in the East for the 

 true Oriental Plane. Its seedballs are as large 

 as those of the genuine kind ; but the leaves are 

 broader and less cut. It is sometimes named in 

 this country the Spanish Plane, though it is not 

 found in Spain either in a wild or cultivated state. 

 Dr. Lindley is of opinion, that wherever the 

 Occidental Plane is said to have become a fine 

 tree in this country, it is the Sycamore-leaved 

 species that is really intended ; he consequently 

 recommends that the custom of planting Occiden- 

 tal Planes should be discontinued. 



