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A large Crab tree is conspicuous near the centre of 

 the garden, as also some good Pyrus and Laburnum. 



Norland Square contains some big Ailanthus and 

 Acacias, as well as several healthy, well-developed 

 specimens of the Turkey Oak, which latter, after all, 

 is not a bad town tree. The Horse Chestnut and 

 Sycamore are also good, and the pollard White Willows 

 show by the size of stem that in their hey-day they 

 were good specimens. 



Ladbroke Square. Here the trees are growing 

 much too close, and in consequence many good and 

 rare specimens are being fast killed out. Almost all 

 kinds of trees do well, to wit, the Poplar, of which 

 there are some gigantic specimens, Lime, Elm, Ash, 

 Oak, and Ailanthus. The Silver-leaved Maple (Acer 

 dasycarpum) also thrives to perfection ; while the 

 giant stems of the very old Laburnums by the fence- 

 side show how well suited this beautiful small- 

 growing tree is for town planting. Thorns, Walnut, 

 and Pyrus of several kinds all succeed well, and some 

 of the Elms have attained to huge proportions. The 

 Golden Elder shows up well during the spring and 

 summer months. 



Lowndes Square. One end of this enclosure con- 

 tains very tall Planes, the other consisting of Elm, 

 Sycamore, Lime, and several old Acacias. 



Newington Green Gardens. This is an oval sur- 

 rounded by a double row of the inevitable Plane tree, 

 many of which are forked like Willows that have been 

 beheaded. With the exception of a solitary Acacia, 

 a couple of Limes, and a few ' drawn up ' Laburnums, 

 the Plane holds sway. Excepting the dead Plane tree 

 in Gray's Inn Gardens, the one in Newington Green 

 is the only other that we have seen in London. The 



