TOWN PLANTING 



found not only cheaper, but cleaner and han- 

 dier to use. According to a competent au- 

 thority, the smoke nuisance has, in conse- 

 quence, become greatly abated, and with the 

 purer air the cultivation of window and other 

 plants, as well as trees and shrubs, has been 

 to some extent simplified. The electrification 

 of the Underground Railway has also had 

 a beneficial effect on vegetation. Although 

 we cannot prevent fog, which is an 

 atmospheric condition, yet much can be 

 done to prevent it being a dirty fog, and 

 during the past five years much has been 

 done in that particular way. Better roads 

 with less dust also assist largely in keeping 

 the atmosphere of London in a pure condi- 

 tion. 



With the rage for coniferous trees which 

 was at its height about a quarter of a 

 century ago, it is not surprising that several 

 species of Cypress and Cedar, the stately 

 Pines and Arbor vitaes, as also the Araucaria 

 and Junipers, found their way into our town 

 gardens and squares. Hosts of evergreens, 



