TOWN PLANTING. 



Thames Embankment, which are removed but a very 

 short distance indeed from one of the barrenest and most 

 miserable of the city suburbs the pottery district. 



That certain trees and shrubs succeed best in particular 

 towns is another strange fact, for, curious as it may seem, 

 the smoke-proof London plane is by no means the best tree 

 for either Liverpool or Warriugton, particularly the former 

 town, where the sycamore has been found to be better 

 adapted. 



In the very centre of Sheffield the Canadian poplar has 

 been found to be by far the most useful tree, while in some 

 of the worst localities in the colliery districts the chestnut 

 and variegated leaved sycamore are the greatest favourites. 

 Even the rhododendron does well in the most smoky parts 

 of Bury, Lancashire. 



In the smoky and impure (chemically) atmosphere of 

 Glasgow, the thorn and beam tree (Pyrus), as also several 

 kinds of Ketinospora, thrive amazingly, much better than 

 they do in any of the large English towns. That certain 

 trees succeed best in particular towns is, perhaps, readily 

 explained by the conditions of soil and situation, as well as 

 the particular industry of the inhabitants. Coal smoke from 

 the multitudinous chimneys of our larger centres of industry 

 is, no doubt, bad enough ; but when we have to contend 

 with an atmosphere largely impregnated with the outcome 

 from chemicals, gas, or iron works, the difficulties to be 

 encountered are great indeed. 



Preparation of the Ground and Planting. In order that 

 success may crown the effort, it may truly be said that no 

 work of the arboriculturist requires more skill and good 

 management than the proper planting of trees alongside 

 streets and avenues. The materials with which roads are 

 usually made up are ill-fitted for sustaining a healthy con- 

 dition in trees at least, for any great length of time , and 

 this is well known to those who have taken any interest in. 

 the matter broken stories, clinkers, and gravel affording 

 but small support to vegetation, be it of whatever kind, but 

 particularly large-growing trees and shrubs. Many failures 

 in street tree-planting from this very cause might be pointed 



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