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covered by a healthy growth of Ivy. There are 

 several Evergreen Oaks as well as a selection of rarer 

 and more beautiful trees. These include the Liquid- 

 ambar, Kentucky Coffee tree, Golden-leaved Elm, 

 Platanus acerifolia Suttneri, 35 feet high, Amelanchier, 

 several kinds of Acacia, and quite an interesting col- 

 lection of Oaks. The Purple- leaved Beech and several 

 Walnuts are goodly specimens of their kind. 



Cam House has charming grounds and two remark- 

 able Oak trees, the larger girthing 10 feet at a yard 

 from the ground, and quite healthy. The Duke of 

 Argyll wrote about these Oaks that they ' would have 

 done no discredit to any ancient chase in England.' 

 There is a good specimen of the Manna Ash, the stem 

 girthing 6 feet 3 inches at a yard up, and one of the 

 biggest Acacias in London. The Laburnum has at- 

 tained to a goodly size, and overhanging the front 

 entrance a promising Cotoneaster frigida shows how 

 well adapted this small- growing tree is for planting 

 in smoky localities. Holly Lodge adjoining has a good 

 specimen of the Mulberry, some well-grown Elms, 

 and a comparatively large tree Cotoneaster. The 

 Common Yew, which is not a good subject for planting 

 in the Metropolis, looks healthy and happy. 



Dulwich Picture Gallery. Some of the trees here 

 were planted at an early date and have attained to 

 large dimensions. The Deciduous Cypress is one of 

 the best in this country, being 80 feet high and 8 feet 

 in girth of stem at a yard from the ground, the bole 

 being remarkably clean and tapering very gradually, 

 the estimated cubic contents being 60 feet. It is in 

 perfect health, and is one of the few trees in this 

 country that have produced cones, these being plentiful 

 when I visited the place in 1918. The Catalpa, too, 



