. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PLATANUS size it attainsâtrunks of 30 ft. diameter and more are reported to existâand lias been planted as a shade tree in W. Asia and S. Europe, and to-day it is still one of the favorite street trees throughout the temperate re- gions of Europe. It has also been recognized in this country as one of the best s
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PLATANUS size it attainsâtrunks of 30 ft. diameter and more are reported to existâand lias been planted as a shade tree in W. Asia and S. Europe, and to-day it is still one of the favorite street trees throughout the temperate re- gions of Europe. It has also been recognized in this country as one of the best street trees, even to be pre- 1367 ! ^'^i lioh, unfortunately, suffers rlaosporium nervisequum, red by it. The Plane-trees pruning-well. To what nined in European cities â i shown in an interesting illustration 'l^.iv-l lâax (â s,"vol. 3, p. 97. They are also easilv trau- -pUiiiU-dcM-r 1 as larger trees. They grow best in a deep a ud rich, moh it soil. Prop, by seeds sown in spring and . only slightly covered with soil and kept moist and shad; y; also by ci ittings of ripened wood and by greenwood of . n .11,1 - is persistent, of dark., ! Stipules conspicuon-. - . into a tube, with sprc mdini. 1' -: olo with the enlar;;. illary bud: Ivs. pa densely with stellat. monoecious, in den-, nate and pistillat. with .-1-8 M,,. â occidentilis, Linn. BrxTONWooD. Bit- American Plane-tkee. Also wrongly railed Sycamore. Figs. 1846, 1847. I^arge tree, attaining I.'iO or occasionally 170 ^j. ft., with a round-topped oblong or broad head imd with a trunk 10 ft. or more in diam., often of considerable height: bark :if ,,.! ,,.-!..-, ..f ^r,â v 1,^1,, ..flcn al- .-|-i-:.lii\ ^^l,ll.â r,,, :,l ih. [,,,â. âf the Iniiii^- .l;|.. I.!', ;i, -I ⢠^.,., large, ivith ,i mar-Ill : Iv-. a- ..r broader floccose-tomentose when young, at maturity only pul cent
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