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structural repairs to the palace in 1829 both trees had 

 been rooted out, the only remains being some young 

 plants in the kitchen garden, which had been raised 

 from cuttings of the original trees. 



There are now five trees growing by the buttresses 

 of the library, the largest of which when measured 

 in 1917 was 30 feet in height, the stem girthing 

 33 inches. One of these was, unfortunately, blown 

 partially over a short time since, and the stem split 

 in consequence. 



In Stepney Churchyard, now converted into a 

 park, by the archway at Stepney Station, by Jamaica 

 Street all in the East End of London the Fig 

 flourishes. In the Rectory garden at All Saints', 

 Poplar, a healthy Fig tree, some 20 feet in height, 

 may be seen from the street. By the lake- side in 

 St. James's Park are many healthy, far-spreading Fig 

 trees, while as a wall covering as by the National 

 Gallery and many other public buildings the deep- 

 green, stout leaves of the Fig have been found to be the 

 most useful and lasting of foliage for smoky situations. 

 Probably the tallest of London Fig trees is that in 

 Whitefriars, by Powell's glass works, which has attained 

 to a height of fully 40 feet, the spread of branches 

 being proportionate. 



Hawthorn 



(Cratcegus Oxyacanthd) 



THERE are few parts of London, even in the most 

 smoke-infested districts, where the Common Haw- 

 thorn and varieties are not to be found in a more or 

 less satisfactory condition. By the Commercial Road 



