76 LONDON TREES 



we have seen being in Kensington Gardens and 

 Hyde Park. 



The Lime is usually propagated from layers, this 

 being a much quicker method than by seed-sowing, 

 though the latter is to be generally recommended as 

 producing cleaner and less twiggy plants. The seed 

 is collected about the end of October, and either sown 

 at once or stored till the following spring. Conti- 

 nental seed is usually obtained, that produced in most 

 parts of this country being of poor germinative quality ; 

 but, as before said, layering is generally adopted by 

 the nurseryman who has a large demand for the tree. 



Liquidambar 



(Liquidambar styraciflua) 



THIS beautiful but uncommon tree is rarely 

 seen in London, though several specimens in 

 the grounds of the Royal Botanic Society in 

 Regent's Park, also at Chelsea and Battersea, prove 

 that it is peculiarly suited for town planting. It 

 is a strikingly beautiful tree owing to the brilliant 

 hue of the decaying foliage, varying as it does from 

 an intense deep red or crimson to the brightest of 

 orange. The leaves are of good substance, of a deep 

 shining green, 6 to 8 inches across when well grown, 

 and deeply divided into five or seven lobes, which are 

 notched on the edges and have a pleasant aromatic 

 odour when crushed. A peculiarity of the tree is the 

 corky ridges on the branches. Both at Syon and Kew 

 the Liquidambar has attained to goodly proportions, 

 as also in the central parks. 



