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There is a good-sized Ailanthus some 60 feet in 

 height, a healthy young Tulip Tree, and numbers of 

 the largest Laburnums that we have seen, some speci- 

 mens being nearly 40 feet high, and with proportionate 

 stems. The leaning and propped Catalpa should last 

 for many years. Of Oaks, there are several uncommon 

 species, an immense Horse Chestnut, many big Pop- 

 lars, both White and Black, while the Plane, as usual, 

 is well represented. 



Finsbury Park can boast of a beautiful avenue of 

 Poplars, which have grown rapidly since the ground 

 of some fifteen acres was opened to the public in 

 1869. Other trees that do well are the Elm and 

 Purple-leaved Beech, the Ilex or Evergreen Oak, 

 Willows, Ailanthus, and Birch. 



Finsbury may well be called the park of Poplars, 

 this being the predominant tree, not only for avenue 

 purposes, but scattered all over the grounds. Certainly 

 the Black Poplar thrives well, and we noticed some 

 large trees of the White species as also of the Lombardy 

 by the hill top. The Birch is more at home than in 

 any other of the parks, those by the pond-side having 

 quite a natural appearance owing to their white bark 

 and thriving condition, and as growing down to the 

 very edge of the water. The Weeping Laburnum is 

 unusual, and the Thorns, Arbutus, and Willow all 

 appear to thrive. 



By Camden Road and around Holloway and 

 Finsbury the Lime and Horse Chestnut thrive remark- 

 ably well, better, we would say, than in almost any 

 other part of London. 



Clissold Park. The grounds, which extend to 

 53 acres, were at one time attached to a private resi- 

 dence, which will probably account for the large size 



