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well, is to be recommended for positions 

 where space is confined and where larger- 

 growing trees would be out of place. Than the 

 WEEPING ASH few trees would appear better 

 suited for planting in London. Almost every- 

 where one meets with it : within a stone's throw 

 of Liverpool Street Railway Station, where 

 hemmed in by bricks and mortar, at Holborn 

 Viaduct, in the foul air of old Paddington 

 Cemetery, or in the equally tainted atmo- 

 sphere of Mark Lane and Billingsgate; and 

 in every position its healthy appearance 

 would indicate that it is one of the best trees 

 for withstanding the combined effects of heat, 

 dust, and smoke. In connexion with the 

 Weeping Ash, it is a somewhat curious fact 

 that distinct varieties of certain trees are de- 

 cidedly better suited than the species for 

 planting as town trees, and as instances we 

 may point out the London Plane, which is 

 a well-marked and distinct variety of the Eas- 

 tern Plane, the Weeping or Dutch Elm, and 

 the Weeping Ash, all of which are preferable 

 to the parent plants for withstanding the 



