Davis: ORIENTAL SYCAMORE INJURED BY COLD 135 
have died, evidently from the injuries received in the cold winter, 
and an examination of some of the trees still living shows an inter- 
esting condition. 
On the westerly side of Bay St., immediately south of Slosson 
Terrace, there are five oriental plane trees that are now about ten 
inches in diameter near the base. Like the horse-chestnut tree in 
the grounds of the Public Museum the trunks of some of these 
trees were split in the winter of 1917-18. Today much of this in- 
jury, which has been augmented by fungus, is still very evident 
and it is of interest that the severe splits in the trunk occurred 
quite generally on the southerly side of the trees. The first tree has 
a wide split about four feet long from the ground upward averaging 
three inches wide; the second tree does not show any split at this 
date ; tree number three in the row is split from the ground about 
three feet up; in tree four the split commences about one foot 
from the ground and continues about one foot; tree five has a 
very wide split on its southerly side averaging about six inches 
and extending from the base to about seven feet high. 
Two trees along the sidewalk on the easterly side of Bay St.. 
Tompkinsville, and opposite the park, show grown over splits 
on the southerly side. Of six trees on the easterly side of the 
same street and just north of Hannah St., Tompkinsville, one 
. shows a large split on the south side, and the others show indica- 
tions of splits in several instances. 
In the small triangular park at Stapleton, where once stood 
the fire alarm bell, there are five oriental plane trees, one of them 
apparently planted several years later than the others. Two of 
the older trees are split on the southerly side in the manner already 
described. | 
On both sides of part of Vanderbilt Av., Clifton, also along 
Norwood Av., the next avenue to the south, and other roads near 
by, there are over a hundred oriental plane trees. Those along 
Vanderbilt Av. were planted a number of years ago and some of 
them are now considerably over a foot in diameter near the base. 
Some of these trees have done well and appear to be in good condi- 
