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are succeeded by the brilliant, orange-scarlet fruit, 

 have made the Mountain Ash or Rowan tree a general 

 favourite with cultivators of hardy ornamental species. 

 The Mountain Ash is specially recommended by the 

 Metropolitan Public Gardens Association for town 

 planting. Both the common and yellow-fruited 

 varieties do well in the park near Buckingham Palace, 

 where they have reached a height of 25 feet. 



P. Torminalis, a native tree of small growth, may 

 be seen in a thriving condition in many of the London 

 parks and gardens. It makes quite an ornamental 

 tree, on account of its broad, curiously shaped leaves, 

 which are from 3 to 4 inches long, a little less in width, 

 bright green above and slightly woolly on the under 

 sides ; they are on long footstalks and cut into many 

 acute angles. Clusters of white flowers and bunches 

 of brown fruit are usually very liberally produced. 

 Years ago it was found wild in the London suburbs, 

 as at Hampstead, Caen Wood, and Chingford, and 

 specimens of goodly size are still to be seen in the 

 latter place. It grows to a height of 30 or 40 feet, 

 with a large trunk spreading widely at the top and 

 forming a compact head. 



The Willow-leaved Pyrus (P. salicifolia) does well 

 in not a few of the London squares and gardens, as 

 by the side of Tottenham Court Road, in the Whitfield 

 Gardens, and in other heated and smoky localities. 

 Two very fine trees in which the beautiful silvery, 

 willow-like foliage is well shown off attract attention 

 near the entrance to Regent's Park at Park Square 

 West ; but the greatest number and largest speci- 

 mens are those in Victoria Park, where this species 

 succeeds admirably and is much admired. 



The Quince (P. (Cydonia) japonicd) grows and 



