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other English towns, thus proving that it is one of the most 

 valuable trees that we possess for withstanding the injurious 

 effects of an impure atmosphere. 



What renders this acacia of greatest value as a town tree 

 is that it retains its rich verdure till well on in autumn. 

 The varieties known as Decaisneana, inermis, micro - 

 phylla, macrophylla, sophoraefolia, and the upright- 

 habited are most to be desired. 



The White Beam Tree (Pyrus Aria}. In many of the 



THE BEAM TREE IN LONDON 



confined spaces in Glasgow the white beam tree grows 

 luxuriously, and produces annually great quantities of its 

 brightly- tinted berries. 



The Lime (Tilia europcea). Where the situation is not 

 too confined, and where soot and smoke do not abound, the 

 lime may, and does, succeed ; but in the worst parts of the 

 metropolis it soon shows signs of distress, the tops of the 

 branches dying off, and the whole tree sooner or later 

 showing the fierce struggle it has to endure with smoke 

 and fumes. As an avenue tree in the more airy and pure 



