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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

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largest we know of, however, (of which jig. 1957. is a portrait, taken in May,1837,) stands in the grounds of Lambeth Palace, adjoining a magnificentspecimen of P. occidentals ; it is 90 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. 6 in. in dia-meter. The platanus, when of not more than 50 or 60 years’ growth, stolesreadily when cut down to the ground, and, when so treated, will make shootsin one season of 6 ft. or 8 ft., or even more, in length.

Geography. The Oriental plane is a native of Greece , and of other partsof the Levant: it is found in Asia Minor, and Persia , where, according toRoyle, it extends as far south as Cashmere . ( Must .) According to Pallas,it is doubtful whether it is indigenous to Georgia , though there are trees of itthere, with trunks 12 ft. in circumference, and of a great height. On MountCaucasus, it is not much higher than a shrub. It is found on the coast ofBarbary, as it is in the south of Italy, and in Sicily ; but is probably not in-digenous to those countries. (See History.') On Mount Etna , it is found ashigh as 2000 ft. above the level of the sea. It is not a gregarious tree, seldomgrowing in extensive masses; and the inviduals, when of large size, are alwaysfound on plains, and in a light deep soil, not far from water. Olivier tells usthat it is common on the banks of the rivulets in Greece , in the islands ofthe Archipelago, and on the coast of Asia Minor ; but he never found it ofa large size, except in good soil near water.