TOWN PLANTING 



giate Poplar, two varieties of Pyrus, Weeping 

 Elm, Weeping Ash, and several varieties of 

 Acacia, notably Robinia Pseud-Acacia inermis 

 and R. Pseud-Acacia Bessoniana. 



Similarly,amongst shrubs,we have the dwarf 

 Holly, golden varieties of Euonymus, Privet, 

 and Ribes, the double-flowered Gorse, Euony- 

 mus radicans variegata, and others. With 

 Grasses, too, some curious experiences might 

 be related. At the British Museum the Yarrow 

 completely ousted the Grasses from the plots 

 in front of that building, and in the moat of 

 the Tower of London several Grasses that 

 succeed in less smoky parts of the metro- 

 polis quickly die out. Near the main en- 

 trance to the Tower of London, and close to 

 Billingsgate Fish Market, considerable diffi- 

 culty was experienced in getting the Plane 

 trees established; though, in the matter of 

 soil and choice of strong, sturdy specimens, 

 everything that could be thought of was ac- 

 complished. At last it was found that the 

 drip from the fish carts was the cause of 

 the evil, and a remedy was quickly found. 



