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ation Ground, and throughout the East End, 

 the Ailanthus does remarkably well, and 

 grows with a vigour that is excelled by no 

 other species; while the noble specimens in 

 Bloomsbury and other public squares testify 

 to its capacity for withstanding the impurities 

 of a town atmosphere. The greenish-white 

 inconspicuous flowers are freely produced, 

 and are succeeded by innumerable fruits re- 

 sembling the keys of the Ash, but of a 

 reddish-brown colour, which impart to the 

 tree a hue that, unfortunately, is seldom seen 

 in this country. 



THE WEEPING ASH. Within a stone's 

 throw of Liverpool Street Railway Station, 

 and hemmed in by bricks and mortar, may 

 be seen one of the handsomest and healthiest 

 members of the Ash family that could pro- 

 bably be found in the great metropolis. This 

 particular specimen in question is the dwarf 

 weeping Ash (Fraxlnus excelsior pendula) 

 which forms during summer a hemispherical 

 head of the brightest pea-green foliage a 

 glaring contrast to the too oft-repeated 



