178 TOWN PLANTING 



well suited this tree is for doing battle with 

 the impurities of a town atmosphere. In 

 Bedford, Russell, and Gordon Squares, too, 

 there are many large and well grown exam- 

 ples of the Plane tree, some of which tower to 

 fully 70 ft. in height, the branch spread 

 being quite as much, while the smooth, well- 

 rounded stems girth from 5 to 7 ft. at a yard 

 from ground level. There are also many fine 

 examples in our parks of the London Plane, 

 such as those by the lake side in Regent's Park 

 and on the north side of the Green Park. It is, 

 however, not only in the more open squares 

 and gardens that we find the Plane thriving 

 in quite a satisfactory manner; but even in 

 the most dense and confined parts of the City, 

 where the tree is hemmed in by buildings 

 and where the branches have scarcely room 

 for development, it shows but little signs of 

 the cramped and unnatural quarters to which 

 it has been allotted, and where it so happily 

 displays its marvellous capabilities in resist- 

 ing almost every kind of adverse influence. 

 Of this there are many examples throughout 



