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would seem to be a special favourite and 

 widely recognised as a tree to plant where 

 doubts exist as to the chances of other kinds 

 being able to survive. Even in the sulphur- 

 ous air of the Lambeth potteries, or where 

 constantly subjected to the noxious fumes 

 from the manufactories which surround the 

 disused churchyard of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 

 this tree grows freely and has attained to 

 large dimensions. Though valuable as a 

 town tree, yet the Italian Poplar has its 

 drawbacks in that the weighty branches are 

 apt to get broken over in stormy weather or 

 to snap across without warning during the 

 growing season, thus proving a source of 

 danger to the public or the neighbouring 

 property. The Fastigiate Poplar, too, is one 

 of the most popular of town trees, withstand- 

 ing smoke well, growing rapidly, and soon 

 forming a valuable screen fence at a moderate 

 cost. There is no need to specify instances 

 of where this upright-habited Poplar may be 

 seen in London, it being one of the common- 

 est trees and readily recognized by its com- 



