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WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND TREES. 
winged seeds to distribute itself to remote corners of our islands. 
It appears to be fond of exposed situations, growing to a large 
size even near the sea, where the salt-laden gales destroy all 
other deciduous trees. Recently in Ireland we ascended a 
hill where the planting of pines and other trees had resulted 
in comparative failure, and found that the wind-borne seeds 
of the Sycamore had produced a large number of young 
trees, which will probably serve later as nurses for more 
desirable timber-producers. The close-grained, firm wood, 
which can be worked with ease, is not highly esteemed. 
Its name of False Plane is due to the Scots calling it the 
