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in the gardens by Abbey Road and other streets of 

 St. John's Wood. Quite a large number have attained 

 to 40 feet in height, one huge tree being 65 feet high, 

 with a trunk 7 feet in circumference at a yard up, 

 and a branch spread of 60 feet. But in many other 

 parts of London the Pear has attained to large pro- 

 portions, as in the grounds of Scudamore Lodge in 

 Regent's Park, where growing on the lawn it has 

 reached a height of 45 feet, the clean, well-rounded 

 stem girthing 4 feet 6 inches at a yard from the ground ; 

 while another in the grounds of Hanover Lodge is 

 57 feet in height, with a stem girth of 4 feet n inches 

 at a yard up. For ornamental effect the Pear is highly 

 valued, the pure- white flowers being produced in 

 such abundance that in early spring the tree is literally 

 a sheet of white, while the fruit, though small and 

 rarely eaten uncooked, is valuable for culinary pur- 

 poses. It is one of the hardiest of the family, and 

 when given an open situation and loamy soil grows 

 freely even in the most smoky parts of London, 

 where for lawn purposes it is one of the neatest and 

 most effective of small-growing trees. 



Apart from the production of fruit the timber of 

 the Wild Pear is valuable for several most important 

 purposes. It is a hard, heavy wood of great strength 

 and solidity, and is in use for similar purposes to 

 that of the Apple, also for walking-sticks when dyed 

 to resemble ebony. 



The Apple (P. Malus).The cultivated Apple does 

 well in many parts of London, and, as at Fulham, 

 Lambeth, Golder's Hill, and in other places, pro- 

 duces fruit in abundance. As an ornamental tree of 

 small growth the Apple is neglected, probably on 

 account of a mistaken idea that it is unsuitable for 

 planting in smoky localities . Like most other members 



