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and where the atmosphere is constantly 

 smoky and impure), it is surprising that trees 

 and shrubs are able to survive for even a very 

 limited period of time. Take, as an example, 

 the little, disused churchyard in Fen Court, 

 Fenchurch Street : the few Ivies and Aucubas 

 that are able to eke out an existence there 

 have their leaves so thickly encrusted with 

 soot and dust as to be scarcely recognisable; 

 in fact, it is no exaggeration to say that at 

 times the encrustation is as thick as the 

 leaves. For all this they grow on from year 

 to year, while the half-dozen Elm trees in the 

 same place are wonderfully .healthy when the 

 confined area and impure atmosphere are 

 taken into account. Again, at St. Giles-in- 

 the-Fields, the Euonymus and Aucuba are 

 scarcely recognisable, the stems and leaves 

 being thickly encrusted with the soot and 

 dirt that is so bountifully poured into this 

 confined area from the chimneys of some 

 of the works hard by. Yet they succeed 

 after a fashion, as do also the Ivy, Common 

 Fig, and Black Italian Poplar the latter 



