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see large and well-balanced specimens where smoke and filth 

 are the order of the day. 



Gotoneasters of various kinds succeed well as town 

 plants. Those to be particularly noted are C. frigida, 

 C. Simonsii, and C. vulgar is. 



Euonymus japonicus is another excellent shrub, being 

 almost smoke-defying. 



The double-flowered forms of Primus sinensis and the 

 equally ornamental P. triloba all succeed well as town 

 plants ; while the Almonds are quite as good. 



Koelreuteria paniculata, the Laurustinus (Viburnum 

 tinus), Weigelia rosea, W. amabilis, Deutzia scabra, 

 the common Green Box, Gum Cistus (C. ladaniferus), 

 Mahonia aqui folia, M. Bealii, and M. japonica are 

 all more or less suitable for town gardens, but not for those 

 in the most smoke-infested parts. The Japan Quince 

 (Cydonia japonica), Hypericum Nepalense, and Euony- 

 mus radicans all do well when subjected to the town 

 atmosphere. 



CLIMBERS 



Of shrubs suitable for covering walls, trellises, and ar- 

 bours, and able to resist the dire influences of smoke and 

 soot, there are a few valuable and well-tried kinds. 



The Virginian Creeper (Ampelopsis hederacea) has 

 few equals as a town plant, thriving successfully in the 

 midst of our busiest centres of industry. Many instances 

 could be pointed out in which this handsome climber grows 

 with the greatest freedom in the most impure and smoke- 

 laden atmosphere. 



The Common Ivy (Hedera Helix) is, perhaps, the most 

 valuable of all climbing plants for using in smoke-infested 

 localities. In some of the courts near Ludgate Hill, a 

 district of London that is by no means free from smoke 

 and dust, the ivy climbs houses to a height of 60 ft., and 

 surprises one by its fresh appearance in such localities. 



The Evergreen, or Trumpet, Honeysuckle (Lonicera 

 sempervirens) is another shrub of great merit for town 



