TREES FAVOURING CERTAIN LOCALITIES 9 



As might be expected, trees thrive better in the 

 more open, airy, and high-lying districts than in the 

 close and confined spaces, and a few kinds that posi- 

 tively refuse to live in the heart of the City do fairly 

 well in the suburbs, while still farther away, where 

 the atmosphere is comparatively pure, they may thrive 

 in quite a satisfactory manner. 



It is to be regretted that evergreen trees, with 

 the exception of the Holly, Arbutus, Holm or Ever- 

 green Oak, and a few others, do not succeed better in 

 smoky localities ; but if the atmospheric conditions have 

 been found to be unfavourable to such, then they should 

 not be planted, and the aspect of deciduous trees 

 in winter is infinitely preferable to that of unhealthy 

 evergreen species. 



With reference to tree growth in London it is 

 interesting to note how each of the various localities 

 favours some particular species. For the size and 

 beauty of its Almond trees south-western Suburbia 

 has long been noted ; while in the northern districts 

 the double scarlet and common Thorn predominate, 

 as do the Lime at Holloway and the Bird Cherry at 

 Harlington and Hounslow. The squares are mono- 

 tonous with the Plane, and the Pear can be seen 

 nowhere in such numbers nor of such a size as in the 

 old gardens at Abbey Wood, while along Edgware 

 Road the Acacia would appear to be the favourite, 

 as are the common and pink-flowering Horse Chest- 

 nuts by the Finchley Road and at Colder J s Green. 

 In other districts the fastigiate Poplar is predominant, 

 and in certain north-western suburbs the white and 

 grey Poplars are conspicuous everywhere. 



It is generally supposed that the annual shedding 

 of the bark and smoothness of leaf surface will account 



