PREFACE 



THIS book is the outcome of an Essay on 

 " Town Planting " for which the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society awarded me their gold 

 medal. 



Having charge of the grounds of many 

 public buildings in several of the worst smoke- 

 infested parts of London, exceptional oppor- 

 tunities have been afforded me of getting 

 together a list of the most suitable trees, shrubs, 

 and other plants for withstanding the impurities 

 of a town atmosphere and also of studying 

 the conditions under which they may be most 

 successfully cultivated. The need of such a 

 work will be understood when it is stated that 

 in the County of London alone there are 

 116 square miles of houses and streets. 



The Photographs from which the sixteen 

 Plates have been reproduced were taken 

 specially for this volume by Messrs. Ellis & 

 Walery. 



A. D. WEBSTER 



REGENT'S PARK, 1910. 



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