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by seed, from cuttings, or by grafting or budding. 

 For the Common Holly, seed-sowing is to be recom- 

 mended, the berries being mixed with an equal bulk 

 of light soil or sand in order to rot the pulp and separate 

 it from the seed. Turning the heap of berries should 

 be attended to regularly, so as to avoid heating and 

 aid the rotting process. Usually the seeds are not 

 sown for eighteen months after being collected. The 

 Holly is of slow growth in a young state and may be 

 allowed to stand for four years in the nursery lines 

 after transplanting from the seed bed. 



Honey Locust 



(Gleditschia triacanthos) 



EQUALLY valuable with the False Acacia for town 

 planting is the Honey Locust, a tree that unfor- 

 tunately is little known outside the public nursery 

 and botanic garden. It is a tree of large growth, 

 London grown specimens being over 60 feet in height, 

 and for city planting has this valuable trait, that the 

 leaves are retained in a perfectly fresh and green 

 condition till late in the autumn. Even in poor soil 

 and heated, dusty parts of the East End this desirable 

 tree is one of the most valuable for planting. Near 

 St. Mary's Church, in Greenwich Park, there is a 

 noble tree of this kind which, although not very 

 favourably situated, has attained to over 60 feet in 

 height, with a stem which girths 5^ feet at a yard up. 

 It also grows freely and has attained to a fair size in 

 Waterlow and Battersea Parks. 



In the central parks this tree has done well, while 

 both at Hampstead and St. John's Wood, as also 



