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to wide streets. Although frequently severely pruned, 
its appearance is not permanently injured thereby. The soil 
for the Sycamore should be 
rich and moist. Properly 
placed it grows very rapidly 
and is well adapted to the 
conditions imposed by city 
environment. It suffers 
much from a disfiguring leaf 
and twig blight, especially 
in early spring, and in New 
York and New England it is 
especially subject to sun¬ 
burn, frost crack and winter killing. 
London Plane. —A relative of the American Syc¬ 
amore is the London Plane—usually listed by nursery¬ 
men as Oriental Plane. It is supposed to be a natural 
hybrid between our Sycamore and the true Oriental Plane. 
This is more symmetrical and compact than the Sycamore, 
and in many cities it is more used than any other tree, 
because of its beauty and the readiness with which it 
adapts itself to the condi¬ 
tions of city environment. 
The tree has the stateliness 
characteristic of the Ameri¬ 
can Sycamore and a finely 
formed top of much grace 
and dignity, with perfect 
symmetry as one of its most 
striking and pleasing points 
of attractiveness. In com¬ 
mon with the Sycamore, it 
may be pruned vigorously with a minimum of damage, 
and this is a factor in its selection for narrow thorough- 
