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and richest greenery. The remarkable four- 

 lobed, truncate leaves render this tree almost 

 without an equal for ornamental planting, 

 while its undoubted smoke-resisting qualities 

 place it high in the rank of town trees. It 

 is not particular as to soil. 



THE WEEPING ELM (Ulmus montana pen- 

 dula). This is an excellent town tree, and 

 in London at least would appear to be 

 peculiarly suitable for planting where the 

 atmosphere is heated and impure. Well 

 developed specimens are by no means un- 

 common throughout almost every part of the 

 metropolis, as in Bloomsbury Square, at Lin- 

 coln's Inn Fields, Lambeth, Russell Square 

 and throughout the East end generally. The 

 Weeping Elm is a tree of particularly 

 neat and not too robust growth, and in con- 

 sequence is particularly suitable for planting 

 in confined spaces where larger growing trees 

 would be quite out of place. For arbour 

 work, in company with the Weeping Ash, it 

 is one of our most valuable trees. Probably 

 the largest and most picturesque specimen 



