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1 MULBERRY GATHERING, FINSBURY 



CIRCUS . . . Frontispiece 



2 ARBUTUS IN BATTERSEA PARK . % 22 



3 WEEPING ASH IN ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS 23 



4 MANNA ASH AT ST. JOHN'S LODGE . . 26 



5 BEECH AT GROVE HOUSE, REGENT'S PARK . 27 



6 BIRCH AT BELAIR, DULWICH . V . 32 



7 CATALPA IN MANCHESTER SQUARE . .- 33 



8 LEBANON CEDAR, CLISSOLD PARK . . - 40 



9 HORSE CHESTNUT . . . * 41 



10 COTONEASTER FRIGIDA IN REGENT'S PARK . 48 



11 DECIDUOUS CYPRESS AND ACACIA AT 



DULWICH . . . . ; . 49 



12 ELM IN FLOWER GARDEN, REGENT'S PARK 58 



13 GLASTONBURY THORN, CLISSOLD PARK ; 59 



14 HOP HORNBEAM IN BATTERSEA PARK . 68 



15 JUDAS TREE AT WIMBLEDON . . .69 



1 6 LIME TREE IN COURT AT BANK OF ENGLAND 76 



17 CUCUMBER TREE . . '*-. . 77 



1 8 MULBERRY AT MILDMAY PARK (under which 



the American Declaration of Indepen- 

 dence was first read in this country). . 80 



19 CORK OAK AT BELAIR, DULWICH . ' 88 



20 PAULOWNIA IMPERIALIS IN REGENT'S PARK 89 



21 WOOD STREET PLANE TREE ... 96 



22 PLANE TREE AT STATIONERS' HALL . . 97 



23 LOMBARDY POPLARS AT COLDER J s GREEN . 104 



24 PTEROCARYA, CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY 105 



25 WHITE BEAM TREE, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS 1 1 3 



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