12 LONDON TREES 



planted by the seven daughters of Mr. McRae of 

 Tottenham. 



In order to facilitate reference the trees in the 

 following list are arranged alphabetically, while the 

 illustrations are all of London-grown trees. 



In the following account of London trees it is 

 not claimed that the list is by any means a complete 

 one, there being, no doubt, many other rare and inter- 

 esting specimens in private gardens and grounds to 

 which access is difficult. As far as the public parks, 

 squares, and open spaces are concerned the list of 

 trees which are of interest either from the point of 

 rarity or size may be looked on as fairly exhaustive. 



Acacia 



(Robinia Pseud-acacia) 



THE Robinia or False Acacia is at once one of 

 the most ornamental and useful of London 

 trees, where it succeeds well and attains to large 

 proportions. 



Better than almost any other tree, it is able to 

 withstand long-continued drought and heat, and 

 after an unusually hot summer, when most other 

 trees look seared and sickly, the Acacia stands out 

 fresh and green, and seems little the worse for the 

 trying ordeal through which it has passed. For 

 planting on poor, light soils, even that of a gravelly 

 nature, the Acacia is peculiarly suited, while all over 

 London it is to be found growing freely even in the 

 most crowded districts and where the impurities of 

 the atmosphere tell hardly on vegetation generally. 

 Then as an ornamental tree it has, perhaps, no rival ; 



