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branches of which extended i 2 ft. beyond the 

 stem of the street tree. In Grove Park all 

 the Planes have been cut back to a uniform 

 height of about 15 ft., and, to say the least 

 of it, the work has been carried out in a 

 way that cannot be commended, the points 

 at which pruning took place being in 

 many instances rough, jagged, and un- 

 painted. Where amputation of a branch 

 takes place, the wound should in all 

 cases be smoothly dressed over and tarred 

 or painted to prevent the ingress of water 

 and consequent decay. Around Camberwell 

 Green, too, the trees have been sadly mis- 

 managed in the matter of pruning, nearly 

 a hundred of these presenting the appearance 

 of mop heads of the most hideous and un- 

 natural description. In this case the trees 

 have been reduced to a uniform height of 

 about 1 6 ft., and, as pruning has taken place 

 annually at the same points, the many mop- 

 headed protuberances so formed have a most 

 objectionable appearance. But this is only 

 one case out of many that could be cited of 



