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remarkably well and are carefully tended. Some of 

 these cover a spread of 24 feet in diameter. There 

 are also several good Weeping Ash trees in the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, the stem of one of the largest 

 being 9 feet in circumference at a yard from the 

 ground. 



Few of the old churchyards are without a specimen 

 of the Weeping Ash ; indeed, in London this tree would 

 appear to take the place of the Yew in the country 

 graveyards. As an arbour tree it has no equal, the 

 branches at first spreading horizontally but gradually 

 drooping gracefully towards the ground, and when 

 planted singly with plenty of space for development 

 it forms a neat and interesting object. 



The Weeping Ash from its peculiar manner of 

 growth is much used for covering or rather forming 

 arbours, and when supported the branches can be made 

 to extend horizontally to a great distance. One in 

 the grounds of the Zoological Society has been trained 

 along supports for a distance of 90 feet. 



The Walnut-leaved Ash (F. excelsior juglandifolid) is 

 a capital town tree, and may be seen in several of the 

 parks and gardens. There is a line of large trees of 

 this kind by the waterworks on Primrose Hill, the 

 average height of which is 50 feet and with stems up 

 to 6 feet in circumference. It is of strong constitution 

 and rapid growth, and succeeds well on quite a variety 

 of soils, including stiffish clay. 



The Manna or Flowering Ash (F. Ornus) succeeds 

 well in the less smoky parts of London, where it is 

 considered one of the most ornamental of hardy 

 trees. Being of small and compact growth, for it 

 rarely exceeds 50 feet in height, the Flowering Ash 

 is valuable for planting in positions where larger- 



