1 30 LONDON TREES 



Ailanthus and Birch are 50 feet high, while some 

 exceptionally large Laburnums, Hollies, and Thorns 

 are thriving well in these gardens. The magnificent 

 Planes, Elms, Chestnuts, Pyrus and Thorns, as seen in 

 the Park from the Bayswater Road, show to what a 

 size these trees will attain in the centre of London. 



Those who are interested in the growth of the 

 rarer kinds of trees should pay a visit to Ken- 

 sington Gardens, entering by the Broad Walk and 

 turning sharply to the right by the path which runs 

 parallel with Kensington Road. Alongside this path- 

 way is a selection of rare trees, many of which are 

 amongst the largest of their kind in London. 



Here are to be seen such uncommon trees as the 

 Cork Oak, 50 feet high, Tulip Tree about the same 

 height and in excellent health, Weeping and Cut- 

 leaved Beech, Persimmon, the best in London, 25 feet 

 high, branch spread 30 feet, and a stem girth of 3 feet 

 4 inches at a yard from the ground. Other interesting 

 trees are the Marsh and Fastigiate Oak, two of the 

 Tree Cotoneasters, C. frigida and C. nummularia, both 

 over 30 feet in height. The Pavias are uncommonly 

 fine, so are the many kinds of Thorns and Pyrus lobata, 

 Almonds, and Laburnums. Both the Evergreen and 

 Turkey Oak are of large size, and the Birches are 

 amongst the largest and healthiest in London. A 

 Weeping Beech near the Albert Memorial has a 

 branch spread 16 yards in diameter, and another has 

 a gigantic Wistaria clambering amongst its branches, 

 the stem of which girths 3 feet 2 inches at a yard up. 



Throughout the Gardens the Elms, Limes, Horse 

 and Spanish Chestnuts have few rivals in any other 

 part of London. 



Hyde Park. Between the Victoria and Alexandra 



