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are able to successfully battle with the im- 

 purities of our great city. To what a size it 

 attains when planted in fairly good soil and 

 allowed room for root and branch develop- 

 ment may be seen in several of the squares in 

 the north and west end of the metropolis- 

 specimens fully 70 ft. high and as much in 

 spread of branches being not uncommon. 

 It reproduces itself freely from suckers. 



THE INDIAN BEAN (Catalpa bignonioides) 

 is another excellent tree for planting in Lon- 

 don, and visitors know it well by the goodly 

 specimens which may be seen at Westminster 

 and other parts of the city. But wherever 

 one travels in the great metropolis the 

 Catalpa is to be seen, and many old speci- 

 mens of large size are to be found in the East 

 End and in some of our disused burying- 

 grounds. At Lambeth it does well in com- 

 pany with the Ailanthus, and at Chelsea, 

 where the air is by no means pure, excellent 

 examples of the tree may be seen. When the 

 atmosphere was not so foul as at present, the 

 Elm was recognized as a suitable tree for 



