10 TOWN PLANTING 



too, from almost every part of the world were 

 introduced to London planting, but few have 

 been able to survive the smoky and otherwise 

 impure atmosphere of the great metropolis. 



Deciduous trees and shrubs, both flowering 

 and ornamental leaved, should certainly be 

 the sine qua non of the London planter. 

 Amongst evergreen trees few are suitable for 

 town planting, and, though a limited number 

 of evergreen shrubs may succeed for a time, 

 yet the list of deciduous species is far more 

 extensive. We have only to take notice of 

 such evergreens as the Holly, Rhododendron, 

 Laurel, and all the conifers, with probably 

 one exception, to find how useless it is to 

 plant them in expectation that they will give 

 satisfaction. This is not hard to account for, 

 as in winter, when the fires are all alight and 

 smoke and soot the order of the day, the 

 leaves of evergreens are fully developed and 

 in the best possible condition for reaping the 

 attending disadvantages. With deciduous 

 species the case is quite different, for these 

 are, so to speak, asleep when the deadly 



