82 TOWN PLANTING 



Being deciduous, it evidently has an ad- 

 vantage over evergreen species in the annual 

 shedding of the leaves. It is a beautiful 

 tree of fairly rapid growth, the light pea- 

 green foliage, which dies off a bright reddish- 

 brown in autumn, being much admired. For 

 the worst districts of London it may not be 

 adapted, but, when planted under favourable 

 conditions as to soil and moisture, it is cer- 

 tainly well able to do battle with the impur- 

 ities of a town atmosphere. The only other 

 coniferous trees that succeed in smoky 

 districts are the SAVIN (Juniperus sabina), 

 AUSTRIAN PINE (Pinus austriaca) and the 

 PLUM-FRUITED YEW (Podocarpus andlna); 

 but where the air is very impure the Austrian 

 wears a miserable appearance and should not 

 be planted. 



THE EVERGREEN OAK (Quercus Ilex] 

 cannot be recommended for planting in the 

 most smoky of our larger towns, but the fact 

 that it is able to stand a large amount of 

 atmospheric impurities is well known and has 

 been taken advantage of. In the suburban 



