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tained the height of 80 ft.; with a trunk 8 ft. in circumference at 3 ft. fromthe ground; and the diameter of the head 4,8 ft. This was in 1817. (SeeNeill’s Hort. Tour , p. 9.) The palace gardens at Lambeth have, since thatperiod, been surrounded by numerous buildings, including several manufac-tories, which have killed many trees, and injured all of them, more or less,by their smoke. Nevertheless, in May, 1837, when we saw this tree, and hadthe portrait, Jig. I960., taken of it, it was estimated at upwards of 100 ft. inheight. A tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, planted by Miller, in a con-fined situation, but having its roots within reach of the Thames, is estimatedat upwards of 115 ft. in height, with a trunk nearly 5 ft. in diameter at a footfrom the ground. When cut down, the Western plane stoles like the otherspecies, and produces much more vigorous shoots; but, as these seldomripen completely, they are very liable to be injured by frost. Varennes deFenille mentions two trees of the American plane, which, after being 28years planted, measured, the One 5 ft. 7 in., and the other 5 ft. 5 in., at 2ft.