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Fulham Palace there is also a full-sized tree of this 

 variety. 



The Holly -leaved or Evergreen Oak (Q. Ilex). 

 Though only attaining to small dimensions in the 

 heart of London, yet in suburban districts many hand- 

 some specimens of the Evergreen Oak are to be found. 

 In the grounds of the Royal Botanic Society and 

 other parts of Regent's Park the Evergreen Oak looks 

 healthy and happy, some of the trees being quite a 

 century old and of large dimensions. The largest 

 and best furnished trees, however, that we have seen 

 are those in the grounds at Fulham Palace, some of 

 which are 60 feet high and with a corresponding spread 

 of branches, the foliage being of the healthiest descrip- 

 tion. Even in the chemically impure atmosphere of 

 Lambeth fairly good specimens of this tree are to 

 be seen. In Chelsea Physic Garden the Evergreen 

 Oak has thriven well, the largest tree being 40 feet 

 high, with a corresponding spread of branches. 



Turner's Evergreen Oak (Q. Turneri), which also 

 thrives in London, is supposed to be of hybrid origin 

 between the British and Evergreen Oak. 



The Cork Oak (Q. Suber) can hardly be recom- 

 mended for planting in London, though the giant 

 specimen which was recently uprooted at Fulham 

 Palace, the existing tree in the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Regent's Park, and that at Dulwich, show to what a size 

 the Cork Oak attained in some of the most crowded 

 parts of the Metropolis. The Fulham tree was 12 feet 

 9 inches in circumference of stem. Growing in the 

 Chelsea Physic Garden there is a small but quite healthy 

 tree of the Cork Oak which measures 20 feet in height, 

 the branch spread extending to 15 feet, thus showing 

 that even in the smokiest part of London this inter- 



