i 9 o LONDON TREES 



houses around the Downs contain quite a representative 

 collection of Acacias, Ailanthus, Honey Locust, and 

 Variegated and Common Holly, the latter seeming to 

 thrive well in this part of London. A standard Elm, 

 the oldest and biggest in the park, occupies a railed- 

 off site near the main entrance. 



London Fields, Hackney, contain no trees of special 

 merit, though the Black Poplar, Plane, Sycamore, and 

 Ailanthus are all well represented, and there are some 

 single specimens of the Thorn, Pyrus, and Laburnum. 

 The Plane is, however, the predominating species, 

 and very well it thrives in the by no means pure 

 atmosphere of this part of the Metropolis. Generally 

 the trees are arranged in lines and avenues, which 

 intersect the grounds and offer a welcome summer 

 shade in this densely populated district. 



Eel Brook Common. The trees here are few and 

 poor, the outside having a line of Plane and Poplar, 

 while irregularly scattered over the ground are Elm, 

 Sycamore, a few Acacia, Silver- leaved Maple, and Lime. 

 There are no old trees. Two corners have been fenced 

 off and planted with some nice healthy Hollies, the 

 Weeping Willow, Small-leaved Elm, Acacia, and a 

 single specimen of the Willow-leaved Pyrus. 



Street Trees 



NOTHING very remarkable is to be found in the 

 way of street trees in London, the everlasting 

 Plane having been used almost to the exclusion of 

 every other species ; indeed, it has been estimated 

 that fully sixty per cent, of the trees used for shade 



