154 TOWN PLANTING 



smoke, gas, and general atmospheric im- 

 purities are well known and have earned for 

 the plant a reputation for general indoor cul- 

 ture that is, perhaps, shared by no other 

 species. There are both green and varie- 

 gated leaved forms. 



Several species of Veronica are well 

 adapted for the more heated, dusty and smoky 

 parts of towns. The box-leaved Veronica V. 

 baxi folia and V. Traversii are both used 

 largely in many parts of London, as at Lam- 

 beth, Whitechapel, Stratford, and Chelsea, 

 either as indoor plants or for table decoration. 



PLANTS FOR HANGING BASKETS. It is 

 surprising to what an extent basket plants 

 are used for decorative purposes in the poorer 

 quarters of London and other large towns. 

 As window plants or for ornamenting the 

 usually small and confined yard or patch of 

 garden quite a number of trailing plants are 

 admissible and are largely employed for this 

 purpose. Even in the most smoky and dusty 

 parts of the metropolis the high state of per- 

 fection to which the cultivation of these plants 



