PRACTICAL FOEBSTEY. 



The Double Furze (Ulex europceus florepleno) is one of our 

 handsomest flowering-shrubs, and a good addition to such a 

 are suitable for planting in town gardens and squares. 



The Spurge Laurel (Daphne laureola) grows freely in 

 many a town garden indeed, it is no uncommon thing ta 

 see large and well-balanced specimens where smoke and filth 

 are the order of the day. 



Cotoneasters of various kinds succeed well as town plants, 

 particular mention being made of C. frigida, C. Simonsii, 

 and C. vulgaris. 



Euonymus japonicus is another excellent snruD, being 

 almost smoke-defying. 



The double-flowered forms of Prunus sinensis and the 

 equally ornamental P. triloba all succeed well as town 

 plants ; while the Almonds are quite as good. 



Koelreuteriapanicnlata, theLaurustinus (Viburnum tinus),. 

 Weigelia rosea, W. amabilis, Deutzia scabra, the common 

 Green Box, Gum Cistus (C. ladaniferus), Mahonia aquifolia, 

 M. Bealii, and M . japonica are all more or less suitable for 

 the town garden, but not for the most smoke-infested parts. 

 The Japan Quince (Cydonia japonica), HypericumNepalense, 

 and Euonymus radicans all do well when subjected to the 

 town atmosphere. 



Climbers. 



Of shrubs suitable for covering walls, trellises, and arbors, 

 and at the same time able to resist the dire influences of 

 smoke and soot, there are a few valuable and well-tried 

 kinds. 



The Virginian Creeper (Ampelopsis hedcracea) has few 

 equals as a town plant, succeedingly perfectly in the midst 

 of our busiest centres of industry. Many instances could 

 be pointed out where this handsome climber grows with the 

 greatest freedom in the most impure and smoke-laden 

 atmosphere, and when constantly in the foul air, heat, and 

 dust. 



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 dis- 

 trict of London that is by no means free from smoke and 



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