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is largely used by the Japanese, also in wardrobe 

 making on account of its resistance to damp. All 

 the older trees appear to have been grafted ; but 

 young trees are usually reared in our public nurseries 

 from foreign seed, for much of the home-saved seed 

 is not fertile. 



Persimmon or Virginian Date Plum 



(Diospyros virginiand) 



TUDGING by the healthy appearance and size to 

 J which it has attained in Kensington Gardens and 

 other parts of London, this is a valuable species for 

 town planting. The Kensington specimen referred to 

 is 30 feet in height, with a branch spread of 27 feet, the 

 stem being fully 10 inches in diameter. It is usually seen 

 as a shrub or small-growing tree with coriaceous leaves 

 and greenish-yellow flowers, while the fruit, which is 

 edible, is yellow in colour and about an inch in dia- 

 meter. It is fairly common in collections of trees 

 throughout London, but the specimen in Kensington 

 Gardens is the largest we have seen. To be recom- 

 mended for sheltered situations and where the soil is of 

 good quality. 



"' - : Pine ;;; :'; :l ;-/5 



(Pinus sylvestris) 



FEW of the Pine family succeed well in London, 

 though in surburban districts and on high- 

 lying grounds, such as at Hampstead and Colder 's 

 Green, fair specimens of the Scotch and Austrian 

 (P. austriaca) Pines may be seen. In the more 



