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a few of the many localities where they are 

 to be found growing freely throughout the 

 metropolis both in urban and suburban dis- 

 tricts. Even in the most smoky and dusty 

 parts the Aucuba, Privet, Euonymus, and 

 Lilac thrive in an amazing manner, seeming 

 almost to defy the atmospheric impurities 

 with which they have to contend. Olearia 

 Haaslii is another excellent shrub for planting 

 in London, and may be seen doing well in 

 some of the most smoky parts, as at Lambeth, 

 Red Lion Square, and in the Whitfield Gar- 

 dens off Tottenham Court Road. The less 

 common O. macrodonta is even superior to 

 the present species for withstanding soot and 

 dirt. The Flowering Currant seems to be 

 peculiarly suited for thriving in the impurest 

 of town atmospheres, and is quite at home in 

 the East End of London, as also at Lambeth, 

 in Soho Square, and in most of our public 

 gardens. In the Bladder Senna (Coluted) 

 we have a valuable shrub for planting in 

 London, and good examples may be seen at 

 Chancery Lane, by the Tower of London, and 



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