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rain; and the periodical peeling of the bark also serves to get rid of impurities. It is a large tree with widely spreading branches and alternate, palmately five-lobed leaves, resembling those of the sycamore in shape, but quite hairless and of a brighter See also:

green. The bud in the leaf axil is protected during its development by the hollow base of the leaf-stalk, which lifts off like an extinguisher when the leaf falls in autumn.

The See also:

minute, unisexual See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in dense pendulous heads, which contain either male or female flowers; the small one-seeded fruits are densely crowded in a See also:

ball, from which they gradually See also:

SEPARATE

separate in drying, and are readily carried by the See also:

wind. The See also:

wood, which is hard and heavy, though not strong, is used in See also:

PERSIA

Persia and other countries of western Asia for See also:

house construction and See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture. A variety of forms are known in cultivation, the commonest being the See also:

MAPLE, SIR JOHN BLUNDELL, BART

maple-leaved (acerifolia), the London plane, which has usually three-lobed leaves; See also:

var. laciniata has very deeply much divided leaves, and var. variegata, variegated foliage. Platanus occidentalis, an allied See also:

SPECIES

species, is a native of the See also:

UNITED

United States, being most abundant and growing to its largest size in the bottom lands of the basins of the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

OHIO

Ohio and the See also:

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi See also:

rivers. It was introduced into See also:

England See also:

early in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and is occasionally met with in western and central Europe. See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor C. S. See also:

SARGENT, JOHN SINGER (1856– )

Sargent (See also:

SILVA, ANTONIO JOSE DA (1705–1739)

Silva of See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America) refers to it as the most massive if not the tallest, See also:

DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

deciduous-leaved tree of the North See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

FOREST

forest; it is known in America as sycamore and buttonwood. It differs from P. orientalis in its less deeply lobed, more leathery pubescent leaves and in the usually solitary balls of fruit. 2. The name of a See also:

carpenter's See also:

hand-See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool, used for levelling and smoothing (See also:

Lat. planus, level) the See also:

SURFACE

surface of wood. The See also:

machine tool used for a similar purpose for metals is generally known as a planing-machine or planer.

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