2 LONDON TREES 



Park, the Paulownia and Golden Catalpa in Regent's 

 Park, the Honey Locust at Greenwich, the Maidenhair 

 tree at Chelsea and by Commercial Road ; while the 

 magnificent Hickories in Waterlow Park, the Tulip and 

 Judas Tree at Golder's Green, the Koelreuteria at 

 Chelsea, one of the largest in the country, or the 

 Arbutus and Nettle Tree in Waterlow and Springfield 

 Parks are all interesting and uncommon trees that have 

 succeeded well in different parts of the Metropolis. 

 The Catalpas at Gray's Inn, Lambeth Palace, and in 

 Manchester Square are other examples of how well 

 certain trees thrive in the centre of London. 



Whether from an ornamental or a sanitary point 

 of view, the value of London trees can hardly be over- 

 estimated. Of late years in particular their utility in 

 these ways has been more fully recognised and appre- 

 ciated, while as memorials of the past quite a number 

 of trees in the Metropolis are now carefully tended 

 and preserved. The numerous requests for advice 

 as to the preservation of old and interesting trees, 

 and attention to others in the matter of soiling and 

 pruning, as well as enquiries through the press as to 

 the identity of rare specimens, convince us that the 

 interest taken by Londoners in their trees and shrubs 

 is very considerable and has been greatly on the 

 increase during recent years. On the part of some 

 there is, unfortunately, a decided aversion to any 

 interference with trees either in the way of thinning 

 or pruning, for while some advocate the timely re- 

 moval of overcrowded specimens and the lopping of 

 dangerous and ungainly branches, there are others 

 who will have none of it. 



Blackfriars Road provides an example of this kind, 

 where an heroic but expensive action to preserve a 



