THE BEST TREES TO PLANT 81 



in London is growing in the gardens of the 

 Royal Botanical Society, in Regent's Park. 



THE COMMON LABURNUM (L. vulgare) is 

 largely planted in town gardens and squares, 

 where it succeeds well, even when subjected 

 to a large amount of soot and smoke. As 

 ornamental trees of small growth, both this 

 species and the SCOTCH LABURNUM (L. 

 Alpinum) must rank high, for the large pen- 

 dulous racemes of bright yellow flowers have 

 few equals amongst those of any other 

 species. The Scotch Laburnum closely re- 

 sembles the common tree but it is of larger 

 growth, sometimes 30 ft. in height, and 

 blooms much later in the season. For the 

 back lines of shrubberies or for garden sub- 

 divisions both are well adapted, and neither 

 can be classed as at all particular in the 

 matter of soil. 



THE DECIDUOUS CYPRESS (Taxodium dis- 

 tichum). This coniferous tree would appear 

 to do well in many of our smoky towns, par- 

 ticularly where it is planted in dampish 

 ground, as by the banks of a pond or lake. 



