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factory manner, but even where the tree is 

 hemmed in by buildings. There are many 

 examples at Cheapside, in the Tower of Lon- 

 don, at Ludgate Hill, and in not a few of the 

 old and disused churchyards, where the 

 heated, dusty, and otherwise impure atmo- 

 sphere is almost stifling. The main points to 

 be attended to in producing healthy, well- 

 developed specimens of the Plane are pro- 

 viding a suitable medium in which to plant 

 the tree, careful pruning in the matter of 

 ungainly branches and leading shoots, and 

 allowing a clear space for the spread of the 

 branches. 



It has long been suspected that the Plane 

 tree causes throat and lung troubles, and the 

 notes by Lord Walsingham and Dr. Henry in 

 The Times still further heighten the sus- 

 picion. Several instances have come under 

 my own notice of throat troubles being attri- 

 buted to the presence of the Plane tree; and 

 a notable case in which some of the occupants 

 of an official residence at a well known public 

 building in the West Central district of London 



