FORESTRY 



ment immediately round London is more marked and decided than in any 

 other part of the kingdom. By far the greater portion of this improve- 

 ment is due to the continuous and spirited action of the London County 

 Council. Under the rule of the Council, since its first formation in 

 1889, the public parks and open spaces of London, all more or less well- 

 timbered, have grown, in round numbers, from 2,500 to 5,000 acres. Of 

 this total, 2,746^ acres are in Middlesex. And in addition to all this 

 there has of late years been a vast amount of tree planting and tree tending 

 accomplished in streets and roads and by the side of the highway. For 

 every tree standing in Middlesex in 1807 there are probably at least three 

 in 1907. 



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