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tion, but many others are badly injured on the southerly side or 
show evidence of such injury in the past, now nearly grown over. 
Instances of this injury to the oriental plane trees of our island 
might be multiplied considerably, many instances having been ob- 
served that are not here recorded, but enough has been cited to show 
that Staten Island is probably a little too far north for the best 
growth of the tree. Our native plane tree (Platanus occidentalis ) 
would probably do better, though it unfortunately suffers from the 
attacks of a fungus, which does not injure the introduced species. 
A few years ago there was a fine row of these trees along Bay St. 
near the old time Planters’ Hotel on the corner of Grant St. They 
stood back from the curb, were in prime condition, and were cut 
down apparently for firewood. They interfered with nothing, 
and their passing was a loss to the community. For many years 
an American plane stood at the southerly end of Bowling Green 
Park, Manhattan, and outlived all of the other trees of its time 
that had been planted in the park. Likewise there were several 
that did well in Battery Park. I have not seen any of this species, 
which is well known to be hardy much farther north, injured by 
winter weather as are the oriental planes. 
This peculiar splitting of tree trunks on the southerly side 
may occasionally be referred to as “ Sun-Scald,” a condition among 
some forest trees when too much cutting out in the woodland has 
taken place, though this term is also applied to the injury caused by 
bacteria (Micrococcus) on pear, apple, and some other fruit trees. 
