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Bill,

Lacewood is another name for London Plane and several others but it isn't confined to the quatersawn stock. The patterning is indeed very different when cut at right angles and parallel to the grain. Lacewood is also the name given to Sycamore. Bewarned, American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) which is related to the London Plane (Platanus acerifolia) is a different species to that of our Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), which is a member of the maple family. London Plane gets its botanical name from its family, Platanus and the second bit because its got the foliage of the Maple (Acer) - hence acerifolia.

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[QUOTE="Neil, post: 101227, member: 120"] Bill, Lacewood is another name for London Plane and several others but it isn't confined to the quatersawn stock. The patterning is indeed very different when cut at right angles and parallel to the grain. Lacewood is also the name given to Sycamore. Bewarned, American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) which is related to the London Plane (Platanus acerifolia) is a different species to that of our Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), which is a member of the maple family. London Plane gets its botanical name from its family, Platanus and the second bit because its got the foliage of the Maple (Acer) - hence acerifolia. Asleep yet? [/QUOTE]

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