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the existence of only one true American plane in France, which is growing in the Jardin des Plantes at Angers; but I saw in the rich collection of M. Allard at La Maulevrie near Angers, a tree about 30 feet high which, though it bore no fruit, seemed quite healthy. M.L. Henry! says that another tree exists in the Botanic Garden at Nantes. There are three trees of this species, about 50 feet high, growing in the garden of Messrs. Simon Louis at Plantières-lès-Metz.’ Schneider knows of no trees in Germany or Austria. (H.J.E.)
1 Le Jardin, 1903, p. 212.
2 Schelle, in litt.
