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TRAVELLERS from warm and sunny countries JL criticize, quite rightly, the smoky atmosphere of London. It is a curious but fortunate fact that this damp and smoky climate, which retards the growth of nearly all forest trees, for some unknown reason invigorates the plane (Platanus orientalis Linn., P. occidentalis, P. acerifolia Willd.).
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HOWARD, A. The Plane Tree. Nature 152, 421–422 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152421a0
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