TOWN PLANTING 



many others, including the Pyracantha, Ake- 

 bia, Polygonum, Lonicera, and one or two 

 species of Clematis, thrive in quite a satis- 

 factory way when afforded wall protection. 

 Wherever shrubs are to be planted in smoke- 

 infested situations, matters of the greatest im- 

 portance are choosing healthy well rooted 

 specimens and providing suitable soil, and, 

 where both these conditions are attended to, 

 the chances of success are greatly enhanced. 

 Slipshod methods of inserting shrubs in 

 unprepared ground that has not been deeply 

 worked and rendered suitable in quality are 

 to be discountenanced, and the little expense 

 involved in carrying out such work on the 

 most approved principle is money well spent. 

 We certainly cannot change the nature of a 

 tree or shrub that is unsuitable for withstand- 

 ing the heated air of our more smoky centres 

 of industry, but, by attending to its peculiar 

 wants in the matter of soil and using only 

 healthy well-rooted specimens to start with, 

 the chances of success, if even for a while, are 

 greatly increased. Among the most suitable 



