194 TOWN PLANTING 



THE HONEY LOCUST (Gleditschia triacan- 

 thos), though not well known in connexion 

 with town planting, is yet a valuable tree for 

 smoky localities, and a few well-developed 

 specimens may be seen in various parts of the 

 metropolis. But not only in London has this 

 tree been found to succeed, for in Manchester 

 and Liverpool several goodly specimens are 

 to be seen, and in positions, too, where the 

 impure atmosphere tells hardly on tree and 

 shrub life generally. 



In Clifford's Inn a healthy Ash about 5 oft. 

 high may be seen; several specimens of the 

 White Poplar grow by Commercial Street in 

 the East End; while of the Black Italian 

 Poplar a giant tree adorns the Gray's Inn 

 Road. 



SHRUB GROWTH. Amongst shrubs that 

 may be seen in a more or less thriving con- 

 dition in London, special reference may be 

 made to the Aucuba, Privet, Euonymus, Sy- 

 ringa, Colutea, Olearia, Forsythia, Osman- 

 thus, Ribes, and others. Regarding the first 

 four, it will be unnecessary to mention even 



