PARK TREES 129 



Golden Catalpa in Portman Square, the Cork Oak in 

 the grounds of the Botanic Society, or the Mulberry in 

 Finsbury Square. Of the commoner trees, such as the 

 Plane, Ash, Elm, and Acacia, there are some magnificent 

 specimens both in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, 

 while the gigantic Poplars and Willows by the lake- 

 side in St. James's Park have few equals even in the 

 open country. The Ailanthus, as might be expected, 

 grows vigorously in all the central parks ; the Manna 

 Ash has, in not a few cases, attained to a large size 

 and flowers freely ; while the various species of Acacia, 

 Acer or Maple, Prunus, and Pyrus show distinctly by 

 their growth and the age to which they have attained 

 how suitable they are for cultivation in both urban 

 and suburban districts. Of Thorns about forty species 

 and varieties are represented, the Ilex or Holly thirty 

 kinds, and the Pavias or Buckeye some half a dozen 

 of the most distinct. The rarer trees would include 

 the Amelanchier, Arbutus or Strawberry Tree, Catalpa, 

 Gleditschia, Laburnums various, Liquidambar, Tulip 

 Tree, the best Magnolias, and the Venetian Sumach. 



Even the Fig does well, and has attained to a large 

 size at several points by the lake-side in St. James's 

 Park. Of Elms and Limes many species and varieties 

 thrive apace, while specimens of no mean size of the 

 Ginkgo or Maidenhair Tree and the curious Kentucky 

 Coffee Tree may be seen growing freely. The native 

 Birch seems quite at home on the gravelly soil in 

 Hyde Park, where several trees have attained to a 

 good height and are well furnished with far-spreading 

 branches. 



Growing in the Hyde Park Gardens which skirt 

 the Bayswater Road many trees of interest are to be 

 seen. The Acacia has grown to a large size, the 



