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able and better adapted for smoky localities 

 than the normal form. 



THE WHITE BEAM TREE (Pyrus Arid). 

 In many of the confined spaces in London, 

 Liverpool, and Glasgow, the White Beam tree 

 grows luxuriantly and produces annually great 

 quantities of its brightly coloured berries. The 

 creamy white of the under-side of the leaves 

 is particularly attractive when agitated by the 

 wind, and the wealth of small white flowers is 

 a treat to behold. Few trees are more readily 

 suited with soil, for it may be found in a 

 state of nature growing on dry limestone 

 rocks, where there is scarcely a particle of 

 soil. 



SOPHORA JAPONICA is worthy of recom- 

 mendation as a tree that is admirably suited 

 for planting in towns. It is of large and 

 rapid growth, with elegant dark green pin- 

 nate leaves. Being a native of China and 

 Japan, it may not be perfectly hardy in the 

 colder portions of the British Isles, but it 

 succeeds well in Southern England and Ire- 



