| 单词 | plane tree |
| 例句 | Even from the middle of the river I could see the plane trees marching up the Bund in their white socks. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane trees drop their seeds and huge drifts of fluff gather on the walkways. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A cold wind sends the big dry leaves of plane trees rolling down the gravel lanes of the Jardin des Plantes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The branches of the plane trees bumpy with buds. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The road no longer had the protection of the plane trees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A mature plane tree, only just in leaf. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They met at the seventh of their appointed meeting places, among the roots of a plane tree in a shabby little square, and exchanged their news. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She passed old vendors with leathery faces sitting under the shade of plane trees, gazing at her impassively behind pyramids of cherries and mounds of grapes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I mean the heart pleasure you get from looking at speckled leaves or the palimpsested bark of plane trees in Provence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But I waited in the courtyard, under a plane tree. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Painters set up their easels there, under the knobby arms of plane trees. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z It’s a dramatic transition from there to the civic scale of Cadman Plaza Park, with its allées of tall London plane trees. Brooklyn Bridge, Star of the City: Here’s a Tour 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Paved avenues lead past neat rows of tall London plane trees in Monsignor McGolrick Park, their naked twigs forming dense brown networks in the sky. Take a (Solo) Stroll. Your Next Art Fix May Be Around the Block. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z I emerge into rare spring sunshine and stroll around the garden, three acres of plane trees and flower beds. The other London underground: See the ancient city that lies beneath the modern metropolis 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Old, coppiced plane trees create a thick green roof over faded red umbrellas and pastel metal tables. Monet’s ‘other’ masterpiece: His gardens at Giverny 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Often, he looked past me, to the leaves of the plane trees outside, when considering a question. The Return of Tony Blair 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Covering 2,500sqm, the new enclosure boasts several mature plane trees, as well as tall wooden feeding poles fitted with pulleys that hoist big chunks of meat aloft. London Zoo's new Tiger Territory: built for the animals first, and visitors second 2013-03-20T18:32:11Z The ancient streets are steep and shaded by plane trees. Secrets of the “Exile” sessions: Drugs, sex and madness as the Rolling Stones took over France 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z I was allergic to plane trees, and I was staying at the Essex House on Central Park South. 24 Years Later, Roberto Alagna Steps Back Into ‘Bohème’ at the Met 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z If you love a big leafy maple or London plane tree, the sycamore is the champion. Nick Offerman Endorses Lumberjack Boots and ’80s Funk 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Travelers who plan well enjoy the most vivid experience: Aix’s farmers’ market is a classic Provençal scene — rustic farmers selling fresh produce under the shade of graceful plane trees. The magic of France’s Aix-en-Provence 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The most gripping thing about the staging is the space in which it unfolds, an area dominated by a massive plane tree. Review: A Star Director Takes a Back Seat in ‘The Seagull’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z There's something about the play of light and shade on the honey and pastel buildings and on the streets lined with plane trees. The hottest French city of 2013: Marseille 2013-05-25T08:00:00Z On Thursday, the performance took place in the more idyllic setting of Battery Park, beneath the plane trees, stopping some tourists in their tracks. Dance Review: Indian Dances at the Erasing Borders Festival 2013-08-16T22:24:56Z Outside, in the square, a big scarred plane tree was shaking its branches. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XI 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Corton points out that the plane tree became so popular in London in part because soot on its shiny leaves could easily be washed away. “London Fog,” a study of the great city’s legendary atmosphere 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The design’s path, meandering downhill beneath a canopy of London plane trees and crisscrossing a stream, led viewers into a sunken oval bowl teeming with a luxurious planted garden. Robert Irwin, pioneer of Light and Space art who designed Getty's Central Garden, dies at 95 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The work began at a wrinkled grayish London plane tree next to the Walla Walla High School football field. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Not far away on the Avenue Georges Clemenceau, lined with plane trees, the préfet who heads the Hauts-de-Seine department has come to survey the wreckage that was the front of the local tax office. France riots: Nanterre rocked by killing and unrest 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “It’s rather festive, and the scene is very stoic of the British,” said Rupert Birch, 56, an entrepreneur, who was sheltering from the downpour under one of the plane trees that line Hyde Park. Charles Is Crowned King in Ancient Ceremony With Modern Twists 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The thick eucalyptus and Oriental plane trees that dotted almost every street blocked the dust. Baghdad Loses Green Space to Real Estate Boom 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z “They’re gone,” Mr. Bodein said, pointing a wooden spoon at nearby plane trees whose branches used to be festooned with garlands of lights. At France’s Oldest Christmas Market, Energy Crisis Dims Festive Spirits 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z When Yang arrived at the gathering, small crowds were heckling ranks of police deployed beneath the mottled plane trees of Wulumuqi Road, named after Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region where the fire occurred. Excitement, defiance for young Chinese in COVID 'tipping point' protests 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Drops of rain slowly drip from the leaves of the plane trees at the Champ-de-Mars, and from the surprisingly delicate ironwork on the Eiffel Tower. Paris by sidecar: A unique way to experience the City of Lights 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Before long, a protester had hunkered down in a nearby plane tree for a hunger strike. Plans to Fight Global Warming Face an Obstacle in Paris: Trees 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The neighborhood of Fatih, with its beautiful 15th-century Ottoman mosque of low domes and pointed minarets sheathed in bluish lead, and its delicate linden and plane trees, had turned into a little Syria. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “The Road Menders” shows grand plane trees, outlined in a bold black, dividing the painting into four scenes. You’ve seen ‘Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.’ Now experience a real Van Gogh. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z A 150-year-old plane tree in Hackney, east London, called the Happy Man Tree has been adorned and celebrated by the community, after it was earmarked for felling to make way for housing. Shortlist of England's top trees revealed 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z I think it was a sycamore, though perhaps it was a plane tree. Perspective | As Franklin Square is remade, the cry goes out: Timber! 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z In April, they filmed the felling of 76 plane trees, most of them decades old, at the Porte de Montreuil on Paris’s northern outskirts. Plans to Fight Global Warming Face an Obstacle in Paris: Trees 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The narrow, stone-paved alleys that meander to the 15th-century port are empty, and the dusty Place des Lices, where old-timers play boules under the leafy canopy of gnarled plane trees, is quiet. Billionaires’ compound with its own coronavirus testing center stokes anger on the French Riviera 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z For the UK, Xylella poses a threat to iconic species including oak, elm and plane trees. UK restricts olive tree imports to halt infection 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z This was in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, my home borough, on a street that runs wide under towering plane trees, with a view of the East River to the west. How Cooking Dinner Can Change Your Life 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Its courthouse, the former headquarters of the defunct county of Middlesex, occupies a quiet corner of Parliament Square, under a large plane tree. Boris Johnson’s Supreme Court Calamity 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Brail later staged an 11-day hunger strike in the plane tree near the Eiffel Tower. Plans to Fight Global Warming Face an Obstacle in Paris: Trees 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z As the thunderstorm arrived, the plane tree’s roots seemed to take a long drink: in a single minute, from 2:42 to 2:43 P.M., the tree’s trunk grew nearly five millimetres. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z It was too late for Orliński to change clothes, and so he sang just as he was—unshaved, and dressed as if ready for a day of sleeping it off under the Provençal plane trees. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The St. Paul’s cemetery is lush and green, with snaggletoothed expanses of ancient headstones, oak and plane trees, ferns, mushrooms, and a view of the Oculus. Jim Jarmusch Is Afraid of Cherubs and Abe Lincoln 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Volunteers also cared for the park’s hundreds of lindens, oaks, and London plane trees. To Save East River Park, the City Intends to Bury It 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In the Place de la République, he recorded temperatures of up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit on concrete surfaces, compared with 82 degrees under a 100-year-old plane tree. Plans to Fight Global Warming Face an Obstacle in Paris: Trees 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Logging into the EcoSensor Network, I could see that, within a few days, the cells of the London plane tree in Prospect Park had begun to divide. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z One sun-dappled morning in late August, she and I sat on a bench under a canopy of plane trees, looking out over the concentric circles of gardens at the Getty Center. How Maya Rudolph Became the Master of Impressions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z It was the 10-foot-high living stump of what was once a mighty London plane tree, with a hollow inside big enough for people to stand in. He Spoke for the Tree. Then He Got Fired. 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Ms Weiss also said the proposed excavation work posed a significant threat to the root system of the large plane trees in the park. Holocaust memorial plans to be published 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z But “lawns are not worth trees,” she added, standing in the shade of plane trees scheduled to be felled, as part of the redesign of a flea market in the area. Plans to Fight Global Warming Face an Obstacle in Paris: Trees 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Along the eastern edge of the park’s carriage concourse, we spotted a London plane tree—the last of five trees that had been moved there, around 1874, from the esplanade opposite Music Island. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z On good days last week, he set himself up under a London plane tree that was already a campus landmark in McCarthy’s day. Typing a Novel About Vassar, Word for Word, as Art 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z "The plane trees of Barcelona witnessed the massacre," reads one message, written in Catalan. Barcelona attack: What the trees say - BBC News 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Pegged on strings between the lamp-posts and plane trees on the packed boulevard, more and more sheets of white paper flap in the breeze. Barcelona attack: Government says terror cell dismantled - BBC News 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z There was a Victorian bedding scheme, which my grandad was very proud of, a fountain, glasshouses, a playground, London plane trees. ‘We were just knocking about in the park. Then the Beatles turned up’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Three minutes later, the trunk of a nearby London plane tree expanded, growing in circumference by five-eighths of a millimetre. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The street was the very picture of sturdy German middle-class prosperity - dappled, leafy, with white wooden dog-tooth fences, weather vanes and plane trees. Feeling 1% more 'Elvis' in a little town in Germany - BBC News 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Smaller tables are grouped in two cozy dining areas adjacent to broad windows that overlook Occidental Park, so reminiscent of a European piazza with its plane trees and sun-dappled cobblestones. Expansive Zocálo’s Mexican menu has potential in Pioneer Square 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z London plane trees growing in parks can reach upward of 100 feet tall. London Plane: A Tree With Gritty Roots 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Western tiger swallowtails thrive in towns where willows, aspens, cottonwoods and plane trees are potential local larval food plants. Butterfly walks popular with all ages 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Nearly 900 London plane trees will be planted to replace the ash trees. Crews seek to produce fertile soil at St. Louis Arch grounds 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z This season, efforts to stop them congregating in the plane trees lining the Tiber got a late start because of budget cutbacks. Rome seals off roads caked with droppings from birds that binged on olives 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Pin oaks are widely distributed, although the London plane tree, a hybrid of the native sycamore and the oriental plane tree, is the greatest in abundance across the five boroughs. Interactive project maps all 600,000 trees in New York City's urban forest 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The London plane tree is able to withstand the many assaults of urban life. London Plane: A Tree With Gritty Roots 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z They have even urinated all around the great plane tree of Hippocrates, the place where the man himself taught medicine to his pupils. Refugee crisis: as Kos reaches out, strain of helping begins to show 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z France’s waterways authority will begin chopping down thousands more plane trees along the historic Canal du Midi on Monday in its ongoing battle against the disease that is killing them. More plane trees felled along Canal du Midi in fight against killer fungus 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The eye-catching installation, called Dancing Leaves, is a nod to the plane trees lining Paris’ famous boulevards, including Avenue Kléber right outside. The Peninsula Paris Celebrates Its First Anniversary 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z We were sitting in Hippocrates Square, not far from an ancient plane tree where the father of medicine is said to have taught his students. The Migrant Crisis on Greece’s Islands 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The new American elms, London plane trees and other species are planted by the city’s urban foresters or Casey Trees, another nonprofit group. For Restore Mass Ave, it’s all about the trees 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z But his plans, too, were partly offset by Dutch elm and plane tree blights and political setbacks. In Leafy Blitz, Trees Spring Up in a Changing New York 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The plane trees were added in the 1830s to strengthen its banks as well as offer shade from the relentless sun to those using the waterway and reduce evaporation. More plane trees felled along Canal du Midi in fight against killer fungus 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Sitting under the dappled shade of the plane trees, I watch a group of council workers tend the flowers by the central fountain of the park. Gezi Park: Turkey's new opposition movement 2013-08-25T23:14:09Z But there is a difference, which accounts for the pall of sadness that hangs here between the plane trees. Yoga against gas canisters in Turkey 2013-06-08T11:13:31Z "They were considered fantastic trees to plant and would grow anywhere; now we are having to question whether London plane trees are suitable trees to plant for the future." Expert issues UK tree threat warning 2013-05-17T15:41:59Z Next to it rises an even larger pile, about 25 feet high, representing the fate of all the fallen oaks, silver maples and London plane trees: wood chips. Hurricane Sandy Inflicted a Beating on New York City Trees 2012-11-11T22:49:03Z In 1866, players on the Washington Nationals team visited Mr. Creighton's final resting spot, on a hill underneath a London plane tree with a view of New York Bay. City Room: In Brooklyn, Honoring a Baseball Pioneer 2012-10-18T23:45:15Z The Mall was a glorious place to start and finish – a stone's throw from the Queen's pad, with Big Ben poking his face through the plane trees of the royal parks. London 2012: Tiki Gelana's Olympic marathon win a hometown triumph 2012-08-05T18:17:03Z The buildings are now in ruins, but the view from the pavilions, shaded by splendid plane trees on the terraced gardens formed on the slope of the mountain, is said to be very beautiful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Disease is expected to kill the plane trees lining France's Canal du Midi The omens are not promising. Expert issues UK tree threat warning 2013-05-17T15:41:59Z Last week, Christian Zimmerman, Prospect Park’s vice president for design and construction since 1990, proudly displayed 20,000 square feet of bluestone for the walkway beneath a majestic semicircle of London plane trees. At Prospect Park, Change Is Behind Schedule 2012-03-20T00:56:13Z After crossing the Serba torrent with its delicious shade of fine plane trees, the heat of the atmosphere, with the radiation from rock and gravel, was overpowering. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z We now traversed the valley of the Chattier Creek, where the plane trees were very lofty and spreading. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Outside the 81st and 83rd Street entrances, small groves of London plane trees will be planted to create paths that will guide visitors into the entrances. OLIN Designs Metropolitan Museum a New Fifth Avenue Plaza 2012-02-07T23:29:20Z Although the temporary ban on ash imports remains in force, in January that required people to notify officials if they planned to bringing ash, sweet chestnut and plane trees into England. Expert issues UK tree threat warning 2013-05-17T15:41:59Z On our left is the wall of the Palace garden, and, showing well above, we see its splendid plane tree, planted in 1639, and said to be the finest in England. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z On this day, many wore plane tree leaves, and would make a retort to the foregoing rhyme: “Plane tree leaves; The Church folk are thieves.” Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z Whenever we were overtaken by a shower of rain on these lovely islands, we took shelter in the hollow trunks of old plane trees, of which there is one capable of holding ten persons. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z At the Marble Arch Corner we listened to a little socialist who was flaring fiercely under a plane tree. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Jake Tibbetts, chairman of the London Tree Officers Association, says the arrival of canker stain of plane trees in the UK would be deeply worrying. Expert issues UK tree threat warning 2013-05-17T15:41:59Z Every now and then an enormous plane tree invited him to stop and look at it, or a semi-circle of cypresses. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z And first our steps brought us to an enormous plane tree, under whose far-reaching shade the gossips of the village hold their daily meetings. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Towards noon the scattered sportsmen usually re-assembled, with their booty, round a cheerful fire, under ancient plane trees, on the bank of Fox River. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z We hurried along under the plane trees in silence. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z A fungal disease, known as canker stain of plane trees and found in mainland Europe, has a history of leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. Expert issues UK tree threat warning 2013-05-17T15:41:59Z Its European counterpart is the plane tree of the Old World. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The European sycamore or London plane tree, Platanus acerifolia Willd., is less subject to disease than our native species and has been widely planted in this country for ornament and shade. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The grey eagle was often seen sitting on the lofty plane trees, on the bank; and the white-headed eagle hovered in the air, at a great height. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z They plunged down the mountain slope into the shadows, which deepened under the plane trees as they advanced, until the winding track was almost hidden before them. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z London plane trees, a decade ago, were thought to be as tough as old boots, with no real pests or diseases to threaten them. Expert issues UK tree threat warning 2013-05-17T15:41:59Z One third of the street trees of Paris are plane trees. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The bark of the tree and its branches, which resemble that of the plane tree, are also covered with these characters. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z Towards evening the lofty plane trees, with their white branches, were beautifully tinged with the setting sun. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z There is a high wall around it, and giant ash and plane trees in summer almost hide it from view. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The trees mostly were arborescent laurels I believe, with smooth brown boles which were blotched through their outer cuticle peeling away, much in the manner of that of the plane tree. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Before the showing last Monday of “Airplane!,” the distant thrum of bus brakes and car horns receded as the metallic buzz of cicadas rose and fell from the London plane trees encircling the lawn. Hold On to Your Brie: A Movie-Night Ritual That Starts in a Sprint 2011-08-15T02:30:35Z We crossed the market-place among the splotched trunks of the plane trees, and turned along the quay of the great canal of the Little Rh�ne. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z "Just a short ride," Dave Brailsford said, waiting in the shade of a plane tree in the centre of Saint-Gaudens opposite the bus before the start of the 14th stage of the . Tour de France 2011: Blue Sky thinking in action after Bradley Wiggins crash 2011-07-16T16:58:42Z For a while, after they had turned and begun pacing together under the now yellowing plane trees, neither of them spoke. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z There was a heavy sky covered with clouds and a straight, soft rain was pattering on the leaves of a great plane tree opposite; heavy drops fell into the pools in the road. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z The present road is shaded with great silver poplars and plane trees, and the moon had set, so that our approach to Athens was even more mysterious than our approach to the Peiræus. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z It was broad day, and abundant light, filtering through the plane trees, flooded the great room. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z A quiet square it was now, and, in the shade of its plane trees, comfortable and at peace with the world, we fell asleep and made up for the wakefulness of our earlier hours. Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z But the old plane tree did not seem to mind him. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z A book in her hand, she went slowly to her favourite place under the great plane tree. Herman A Novel 2011-02-03T03:00:12.287Z We were, moreover, perplexed at our carriage stopping under some large plane trees, though we had driven but two miles, and the night was far spent. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z He watched the fluttering mass of busy wings as they shot into a leafy plane tree overhead and vanished. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Ancient plane trees arched over shady nooks with lindens and elms forcing themselves between. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z He sat under the plane tree and thought about Elsa as she used to be before she grew up. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Under the shade of a great plane tree, in the centre of a large grass plot, sat Gertrud with her two little charges, telling them a fairy tale. Herman A Novel 2011-02-03T03:00:12.287Z This latter plain, with its fine olive-woods reaching down across Academus to the region of the old long walls, is fairly covered with corn and grazing cattle, with plane trees and poplars. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z We came out into a bright courtyard with plane trees and doors at intervals round it. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The London plane tree was also a casualty of the tornado, damaged so badly that the Parks Department removed it on Tuesday. Flight of the Honey Bees 2010-09-23T18:55:00Z He had a fancy that it was the plane tree which woke him in the morning; its boughs touched lightly against his window sometimes when the wind blew. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z As they headed south, the scenery gradually changed, the highlands of the Aveyron giving way to a characteristic southern landscape: vast sunflower trees, sunbaked villages and avenues of plane trees. Vinokourov storms to stage 13 victory 2010-07-17T16:37:00Z She said there was hope that the London plane trees surrounding the orbs would grow to offer shade. Domes at Brooklyn Bridge Park Are Fenced Off 2010-06-19T02:52:00Z He’s posing on a city street, leaning his hand on the slender trunk of a London plane tree. Sketching Lives Long Buried and Forgotten 2010-04-23T20:45:00Z The hippodrome at his Tuscan seat, for riding exercise, is formed by lines of box and laurel and cypress and plane tree. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Soon, however, by a damp frost the plane tree was conquered, and its blobs jigged to November gusts. Sinister Street, vol. 1 In the middle of the floor stood a large writing-table, from which the leather covering had peeled off, exposing the wood beneath like a plane tree with its bark half-shed. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life The latter is planted with plane trees, among which stand two huge statues of Montaigne and Montesquieu, and terminates upon the quays with two rostral columns which serve as lighthouses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" In an open space near the old palace stood the celebrated plane tree, beneath which Prince Nicholas gave audience to his subjects, and administered justice until the closing years of the 19th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" About ten or eleven, he passed into a shady cloister, opening on a bed of violets, or a grove of plane trees, where he continued his literary work. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It looked altogether different now in the chequered sunlight of the plane tree. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Pine and plane trees are planted for shade near the house and screening from the highway on the west side. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia The bark of the tree and its branches, which resemble that of the plane tree, are also covered with these characters. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 How lovely were the London plane trees against the varied grey ... and how she hated them, and all that was England—England from whence had come her unspeakable humiliation and misery! Shadows of Flames A Novel The plane tree’s leaves murmured eloquently of the great oaks in the park. Man and Maid Years ago when she danced beneath the plane tree, her scarlet dress by long use had taken on the soft texture of a pastel. Carnival Then with an evil humor I pointed out to him the Golden Gate, hospitably open to all vagrant airs that stirred among the plane trees. Where the Pavement Ends At the lower end of the indentation is the modern public square, shaded by a gigantic and picturesque plane tree, nourished by the surplus water of Pirene. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" He had come to the little Place before the Casino, set with plane trees. The Return of the Prodigal Most of the European genera occur in China, though there are curious exceptions like the plane tree, and the whole family of the Cistaceae, which characterize the peculiar maquis of the Mediterranean region. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Along the gutters the brown leaves danced: the tall plane tree at the end of the street would not be motionless until December should freeze the black branches in diapery against a somber sky. Carnival And up an avenue of giant plane trees the peris led him, dumb with amazement. The Brown Fairy Book Sculptures in large numbers, both of the Greek city and the Roman, are collected in the new museum erected by the Greek government near the plane tree. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" And walking slowly and superbly, under the white plane trees, the adventure came. The Return of the Prodigal After a leisurely breakfast and more love-making under the plane trees in the little garden behind the inn, the pair had to reckon with fact. Clark's Field They could hear the splash and gurgle of the water against the piers, and the wind shaking the plane tree bare along the embankment. Carnival From his window he commanded a cheerful view of a tall, mouldering wall, once part of the Abbey boundaries, surmounted by chevaux-de-frise, above whose rust-attenuated spikes some plane trees stretched their yellowing branches. The Brass Bottle And sometimes, on very hot nights, I sleep in the park, right on the sward, under a plane tree. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays They walked the little way permitted, and then, at her suggestion, they sat together under the plane trees on one of the chairs in a fairly solitary corner of the Place. The Return of the Prodigal The blue wood-smoke, the pinkish tiles, the grey shutters, the grey-brown plane trees, the pale blue sky, the yellowish houses, and above all the clean forms and the clear air. Another Sheaf Tufted plane trees were languishing in the solitude, pining for the gay nights of summer when there was laughing everywhere, people running about, and a piano banging in every cottage. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore The best wood for this purpose is plane tree, because it may easily be sawn and polished, and is beautifully veined and spotted. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Then followed the sycamore, but it had to be the European variety, for our own native "plane tree," or "button-ball," is too plentiful and easy to sing much of a tree-seller's song about. Getting Acquainted with the Trees The plane trees sheltered them and made darkness for them where they sat. The Combined Maze Between each plane tree are placed box trees, and behind these, bay trees, which blend their shade with that of the planes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It is a low square piece of rough masonry, erected of oblong stones, in the centre of a small verdant grove, and canopied by the luxuriant foliage of a magnificent plane tree. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 He erected the first house here, and planted the avenues of plane trees with his own hand. A Journey in Russia in 1858 The sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol They found an unoccupied seat near one of the pools, under a huge plane tree and for a time sat there in silence. The Comedienne A lawn descended to the river, into which a row of plane trees cast their shadows. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life On entering, we found Madame Mauvromati and her pretty daughters sitting under the wide-spreading plane trees; and they presented us with some delicious strawberries. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The free loosely-growing branches of the plane trees made a dark, delicate network against the luminous blue of the night. Robert Elsmere Once or twice she fancied that she heard the key softly fitted into its place, but it was only the abrasion of two contiguous branches of a plane tree overhead. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A little later I used frequently to surprise the squirrel furnishing his house, carrying in dry leaves of the maple and plane tree. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers And very pleasant it looked on this summer afternoon with the sunlight gilding the foliage of its widespreading plane trees and lighting up the warm-toned brick of the house-fronts. The Eye of Osiris The dark-eyed houri, with her basket of strawberries, was there as usual; and the old lady led us to a seat under the plane trees, commanding a view of Terapia and the Sultan's kiosk. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Here politics, poetry, and philosophy are still discussed in the old way at the various shops, the coffee houses, and under the plane trees by the banks of Ilissus. Life Immovable First Part On either side the road, upon the yellow surface of which the sunlight played through the tossing leaves of the plane trees, were villas of very varied and hybrid styles of architecture. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance We sent a message back to the captain to come to breakfast, which had been prepared under a vast plane tree, whose huge branches afforded us delightful shelter. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island The courtyard behind was but limited in size, containing a few squares of burnt brick arranged for pavement around a small plot of grass at the foot of a single plane tree. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Near the mosque stands a pretty little kiosk, belonging to the Sultan, shaded by some amazingly fine plane trees. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The shadows of the linden and the plane tree fell on the moonlit grass which stretched away to the shadows of the wood. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories “Mercy me!” whispered the wag, “if he should grow up, he’ll certainly turn to a plane tree; for really, he is a very plain man.” Rattlin the Reefer And as the girl asked her question and he answered it, their cab passed the procession of recruits for the Foreign Legion, tramping along between tall plane trees toward the town gate. A Soldier of the Legion The line of small plane trees, which gave Laventie the meretricious semblance of a garden city, was standing yet. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Turning away from this forbidden paradise, we proceeded to examine a fine old plane tree, in the trunk83 of which three people live and keep a coffee-shop. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Perhaps she would have given up the idea had not each night the vision of a daughter playing with Paul under the plane tree appeared to her. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories There are grottos, arbors, fountains, a winding stream; and, stretching the length of the water front, a deep cool grove of interlaced plane trees. Jerry Junior There are grottos, arbours, fountains, a winding stream, and, stretching the length of the water front, a deep cool grove of interlaced plane trees. Jerry Four windows looked upon the fountain and the plane tree. Tancred Or, The New Crusade I walked to the village, where there is a coffee-shop in a very agreeable situation, overshadowed by plane trees, one of which is nearly as large as that of the seraglio, and also quite hollow. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 There was quite a little crowd standing under the plane tree, which opened to let her through as she rushed forward. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories The lindens and plane trees and shrubberies began to hug the place under their cosy leafage. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Emile made his way into the cool, shady Rambla, where a double avenue of plane trees met overhead, and where a grateful darkness could always be found even at mid-day. The Hippodrome A flight of steps leads to the lofty and central doorway; in the middle of the court there is a garden plot, inclosing a fountain, and a fine plane tree. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Sunday, 26th.—Went up to Terapia this morning, and spent the day in wandering through the Sultan's Valley, under the superb plane trees, and returned to dine on board the Actæon. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The continuation round the bay is bordered with plane trees. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads There certainly was someone standing in the shadow of the tall plane tree—but whether man or woman he could not determine. Brood of the Witch-Queen Emile sat with his back against a huge plane tree, and rolled cigarettes, watching her under his heavy eyebrows. The Hippodrome Outside the boulevards lie the modern quarters, also the fine promenade planted with plane trees which stretches to the Corr�ze and contains the chief restaurants and the theatre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" A tablet on the big plane tree commemorates the "liberation" of the town. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle The long table d'hôte under the plane trees was a cheerful if somewhat noisy occasion these summer nights, with the black, star-strewn canopy above. One Woman's Life We were, moreover, perplexed at our carriage stopping under some large plane trees, tho we had driven but two miles, and the night was far spent. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two That stir among the leaves of the plane trees is the first delicious breath of the morning. Robin He helped her into her warm travelling cloak, and taking up her campstool and easel they walked briskly, with healthy, swinging strides, out by the avenue of plane trees bordering the Roman aqueduct. Swirling Waters They created the plane plant by the law of identities from that little plane tree sapling, I suppose; it is a plane plant, after all. The Sky Is Falling Their hotel was a rambling low building surrounded by high walls, with a high terrace behind, from which there was a glimpse of the sea and which was well shaded by branching plane trees. One Woman's Life The present road is shaded with great silver poplars, and plane trees, and the moon had set, so that our approach to Athens was even more mysterious than our approach to the Peiræus. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two It had all come back before he reached the house in Kensington whose windows looked into the thick leaves of the plane trees. Robin The great groves of cypresses and pines, of poplars and plane trees, were dark with the shadow of the moonless night. Roads from Rome There was a pinky-white haze of apple blossoms; and even the plane trees in the long main street were hung with dainty, primrose-coloured spheres, like little fairy lanterns. The Motor Maid Therefore the families were strong, united, sound, resisting the storm like a line of plane trees! Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence We have a row of plane trees before the door in which the cicale sing all day, and the beautiful mountains stand close around, keeping us fresh with shadows. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II A pretty place enough, it possesses an unique market-place covered in by ancient twisted plane trees, where the old women chaffer with the cooks and contadine. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition And, as the hearse rolled slowly to the left in transversal Avenue No. 2, there had come a sound of crackling, and thick smoke had risen above the little plane trees bordering the path. His Masterpiece They now entered magnificent forests of oak, pine, plane tree, mimosas, chestnut and many other varieties. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Fine plane trees occur here, all the vines are trained on mulberries. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries There was a man who hung bracelets upon plane trees. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II There is a notable building in our Dock Road, the Board of Trade offices, retired a little way from the traffic behind a screen of plane trees. London River Then, still without saying a word, they went their former round; they started along the quays, under the plane trees, seeing the past rise up before them at every step. His Masterpiece He notes the bay and harbor, the approach to which he considers remarkably fine, and admires the acacia and plane trees which line the roads, all of which, unfortunately, were destroyed during the Revolution. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Observed Cnicus, Fumaria, Lotus, Anagallis cærulea, and Veronica agrestis, springing up: trees continue the same to about Kooner: some fine plane trees observed. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries For a moment he was silent, as we walked on under the close-growing plane trees which lined the long, straight road to the Grand Port. The Princess Passes With these and similar reproaches the girls ran to search for her, far beyond the circular bed and the two plane trees standing by the side of the path. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 It always exhilarated her to come back to Paris; and she looked with happy, affectionate eyes at the plane trees, the yellow trams that rumbled along incessantly, and the lounging people. The Magician The chief, giving me a sign to be silent, drew me apart within the shadow of a plane tree, and we waited there till the crowd dispersed, and went, I presume, to their own houses. In the Wrong Paradise Come and walk with me here down the long plane tree avenue. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories She put back the photograph, and moved her chair a little so as to see more of the plane trees and the strips of sunset cloud. Marcella Father-in-law and son-in-law were walking up and down along the gravel path by the plane trees. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 The very plane trees had a greater sobriety than elsewhere, as though conscious they stood in a Paris where progress was not. The Magician The squeaking of the gravel under a regular and heavy step induced him to look round, and a burly shape loomed up in the darkness between the plane trees. The Son of Clemenceau Here, at least in the larger ones, you will find a mosque, a fountain, a small kiosk for noble travelers, and a few mulberry trees or plane trees. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle He comes with me, and I take his silence in tow as far as the avenue of plane trees. Light All was so still, and her ear could detect a low sweet sound, as of falling rain, coming from the plane trees. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 And towards the end of his career going ... he settled under a plane tree and continued his teachings. Simon Magus There are clumps of bay-trees, plane trees, or myrtles, with marble seats beneath. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Collier tries to get rid of the difficulty by suggesting that Shakespeare may have written plane tree. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden In the island of Crete, near Cortynia, there is said to be a plane tree which does not lose its leaves even in winter—a phenomenon due doubtless to the quality of the soil. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro This noise gradually became fainter and finally died away entirely—Still the moonlight lay upon the grass plot and there was still the low sound, as of falling rain upon the plane trees. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Yet when he tried again on his seventeenth birthday, he could not move the great flat stone that lay near the plane tree on the mountain side. Old Greek Stories Dusty plane trees rubbed raw by abrading tanks in the market square. Deadly Pollen A little further off there was a mimic river, which, as it wound about, divided itself into different streams, and surrounded little islands, shaded with the tall plane tree and the flexible willow. Small Means and Great Ends When he found himself alone on the deserted Quai, he plucked a leaf from the overhanging bough of a plane tree. The Aspirations of Jean Servien But the longer she listened the more plainly she again heard something like soft rain falling on the plane trees. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 On their last afternoon there they walked through the garden, and stood under the plane tree where their vows of love had been pledged, and smiled and wondered at their indifference. The Man Between, an International Romance Such are the stories gathered at random one Midsummer night this year under the shade of the plane trees of the Embankment. In Darkest England and the Way Out Half a mile further, they came to a group of plane trees and the salmon-pink farmhouse standing by the stream which had been chosen as meeting-place. The Voyage Out And as he told the tale, he could hear, in the twilight gloom, a murmur of soft voices sighing in the plane trees of the Luxembourg. The Aspirations of Jean Servien Between the pond and the circular bed stood a clump of giant plane trees, half hiding the swing. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 But he took her hand, and they came by sunny alleys of boxwood to a great plane tree, bearing at wondrous height a mighty wealth of branches. The Man Between, an International Romance These now betake themselves to the seats under the plane trees on the Embankment. In Darkest England and the Way Out A couple of small plane trees stood in the corner of the yard, and underneath them lay several pathetic little balls of fluffy feathers, with tiny feet uplifted. The Poison Belt The travellers descended from their chariots to rest under the shadow of the lofty plane trees, and refresh themselves with a draught from the fountain. Philothea A Grecian Romance The two men played several sets of tennis and afterwards lounged in two wicker chairs, underneath a gigantic plane tree in a corner of the lawn. The Pawns Count Tyrrel and I have been sitting under the plane tree watching the bees. The Man Between, an International Romance In the water-courses the chenar, the beautiful eastern variety of the plane tree of the London squares and Paris boulevards, is occasionally found, and when found, is, for its pleasant shade, regarded with grateful respect. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Look at the leaves of that plane tree. The Poison Belt The hanging green bough of a plane tree, high up on the pane, between. Mary Olivier: a Life A noble plane tree and the bay tree with its garland of berries, and the quivering cypress and the trim pine with its tremulous top, spread a sweet summer shade abroad. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Thus the Greeks in their oldest faith were tethered to the idea that they were descended from the plane tree; in the Sagas and Eddas the human race is tethered to the world-ash. Bride of the Mistletoe The free, loosely growing branches of the plane trees made a dark, delicate network against the luminous blue of the night. Robert Elsmere The next largest specimen is a section of the Platanus occidentalis, variously known in commerce as the sycamore, button-wood, or plane tree, which is 42 inches in diameter and only 171 years of age. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 I knew the entrance to the Satronian estate by the six big chestnut- trees, you had often described them to me; and I knew the next private road by the single huge plane tree. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire The square was shaded by rows of plane trees and lined with covered colonnades. Early European History If I had remembered all this from my Plutarch, I should certainly have gone to see the place where Caesar planted that plane tree. Familiar Spanish Travels All I could see would be a bit of blue, and the fretted sunlight through the swaying branches of an old plane tree. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush The linden and the plane tree cast their shadows on the lawn which extended beyond it in the moonlight, as far as the dark wood. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories We sank into a sea of olive, pomegranate, orange, plum, apricot, walnut, and plane trees, and were lost. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain They remained for some time longer under the plane trees, until the doctor went upstairs to dress. Doctor Pascal He sat there for some time pondering, bathed in the waves of murmurs and half-lost echoes that rose to his ears, muffled by the leaves of the plane trees. Three John Silence Stories And very pleasant it looked on this summer afternoon, with the sunlight gilding the foliage of its wide-spreading plane trees and lighting up the warm-toned brick of the house-fronts. The Vanishing Man As she approached she saw a number of persons grouped around the plane tree. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories It was very black, in the angle between two garden walls where the big plane tree sprouts up, you know. The Powers and Maxine When all the wells of the neighborhood were dry, La Souleiade still kept its spring, of which the great plane trees were assuredly the secular children. Doctor Pascal The leaves of the plane trees hung motionless, but the chill of the autumn evening rose about them and made Vezin shiver. Three John Silence Stories We approached Udine through a long avenue of plane trees, planted under Napoleon. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement There is a plane tree, wondrous old, and with seven twin trunks, standing before our tents, and in it there is a hollow which shelters securely as a house. The Prince of India — Volume 02 On the second one, half hidden among cypress and plane trees, he beheld a building, low, strong, and, from his direction, showing but one window. The Prince of India — Volume 01 She had made the tour of the estate, so that she had returned by the back of the house, through the clump of enormous plane trees that on this side cast a thick shade. Doctor Pascal From the broad coping on which he sat for a moment, level with the rounded tops of clipped plane trees, he saw the esplanade far below lying in shadow. Three John Silence Stories Here, also, was the sacred grove of olive and plane trees, within which were temples, monuments, and statues, erected in honor of gods, heroes, and conquerors. Mosaics of Grecian History The button of the plane tree planted has not in promise any great thing like this I take from the button of my sandal. The Prince of India — Volume 02 She saw a plane tree shivering in the wind, yellow leaves on the rain-sodden ground. December Love The doctor desired to take the coffee under the plane trees, saying that he felt the need of air after being shut up all the morning. Doctor Pascal And she led him to a tall plane tree, beneath whose shade grew arbutus, and lentisk, and purple heather bushes. Types of Children's Literature Beyond these were more plane trees and an- other row of barracks covered with tar paper, outside of which other companies were lined up standing at attention. Three Soldiers I should like to cut down all the plane trees in the garden of Clifford’s Inn and leave only the others. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler See Cicero de Legg II I, sub init., where he speaks of the plane tree under which Socrates used to walk and of the tree at Delos, where Latona gave birth to Apollo. The Iliad He could distinguish vaguely the dark mass of the plane trees, which occasional flashes of lightning detached, in a dull green, from the darkness. Doctor Pascal And there she sighed, and said, "Theseus, my son, go into that thicket, and you will find at the plane tree foot a great flat stone; lift it, and bring me what lies underneath." Types of Children's Literature A little playful wind, oozing with springtime, played with the swollen buds on the plane trees. Three Soldiers She strained her big green eyes in vain, seeing nothing but the tops of the plane trees, thick with tiny coming leaves, the sweep of vines and sky, and the tender, mothering night beyond. A Prisoner in Fairyland But Jacob might have been thinking of Rome; of architecture; of jurisprudence; as he sat under the plane tree in Hyde Park. Jacob's Room They remained for long time in the warm night, under the plane trees, listening to the crystal murmur of the fountain. Doctor Pascal Uncle Eroshka, who had been vainly waiting under the plane tree till night fell, entered the dark outer room. The Cossacks The sparrows kept up a great clattering in the avenue of plane trees. Three Soldiers His body had been waked up by the birds that sang and whistled so loudly in the plane tree outside his window. A Prisoner in Fairyland The sun had already blistered the paint on the backs of the green chairs in Hyde Park; peeled the bark off the plane trees; and turned the earth to powder and to smooth yellow pebbles. Jacob's Room The idea then occurred to him that she must certainly be under the plane trees beside the fountain, whose murmuring waters made perpetual coolness around. Doctor Pascal The park itself is covered with olive trees and more graceful plane trees. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Stamboul, with its mosques, its fountains, its pigeons and its plane trees, had faded away. In the Wilderness I can easily—-' Above the leaves of the plane tree he saw the stars. A Prisoner in Fairyland Pliny speaks of the plane tree, our sycamore or buttonwood, as excellent, because of the horizontal branches which, like window blinds, allow free passage of the breezes while intercepting the heat of the sun. Three Acres and Liberty Alarmed, and with a heavy heart, he hurried after her, and rounded the clump of plane trees just in time to see her rush into the house like a whirlwind. Doctor Pascal It was the first week of October; a cold wind rustled the yellowing plane trees, and open-air seats offered no strong temptation. The Town Traveller Could the man she had been thinking about, debating about, have slipped away while she was sitting under the plane tree? In the Wilderness Once the curfew died away there was only the rustling of the plane trees in the old courtyard. A Prisoner in Fairyland I catch a glimpse of a yard between four high walls, a sort of bear pit, where the scholars fought for room for their games under the spreading branches of a plane tree. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography But their favorite retreat, where they always ended by losing themselves, was the quincunx of tall plane trees, whose branches, now of a tender green, looked like lacework. Doctor Pascal On her head she bore a shining urn of bronze, as if she were bringing water from the wells, and behind her was the foliage of a plane tree. The World's Desire The leaves of the plane tree rustled above her head, and she sighed. In the Wilderness At the end of a long alley of plane trees we found the depository, a vault lighted only by the door. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo The lamps were brightening in the early-autumn dusk, and a draughty, ruffling wind flicked a yellow leaf here and there from off the plane trees. Beyond From the plane trees came the morning carols of the birds, while far away in the sleeping country a locomotive whistled with a prolonged moan. Doctor Pascal The air was warm, the sky bright with stars, in the plane trees a nightingale sang... Tartarin De Tarascon Abruptly he led the way to the steps near the plane tree. In the Wilderness The north wall was hidden by ancient yews; on the south two rows of plane trees, cut square, made a long arbour. One of Ours The plane trees would just be in full leaf. All Roads Lead to Calvary A light breeze sweeps away, along with the dust of the pavements, the winged seeds of the plane trees, and the fragments of hay dropped from the mouths of the horses. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard The plane trees were full of leaf still; he kept rising from the breakfast table to admire them; never till now, he said, had he known what the enjoyment of these things really was. The Way of All Flesh A wooden seat was placed there in the shadow of a plane tree. In the Wilderness He saw that he must be a plane tree for somebody else. One of Ours It is pleasant to fancy how Walton and Bunyan might have met and talked, under a plane tree by the Ouse, while the May showers were falling. Essays in Little The moon was rising, and the delicate tracery of the shadows, thrown by the tall, green plane trees, crept over the stones. Creatures That Once Were Men An enormous plane tree in the middle of the stage, standing alone. Cyrano De Bergerac Two avenues of enormous plane trees stretched across the fields toward the ancient Chateau de Gagny, then a mass of ruins. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola The wide-spreading branches of the plane trees met overhead, shutting out the sky and roofing in the orange glare. One of Ours He got under the shade of a young plane tree and stood close to the trunk, as if it might protect him. One of Ours |
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