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any of these, but more ornamental and equally adapted 

 for street-side planting, is the Acacia hispida or Rose 

 Acacia, with the softest and greenest of fern-like foliage 

 and pendulous sprays of the brightest of rose-pink 

 flowers. Where traffic is not too great all three kinds are 

 to be found in conjunction with the Common Acacia 

 or Locust Tree. We find at least three species of the 

 Lime, including the very effective silvery-leaved alba or 

 argentea, euchlora, with dark- green foliage of large size 

 and valuable for avenues and streets, and the common 

 species, which everyone knows as a good town tree. 

 By the Pentonville Road are some majestic Thorns, 

 as also the Common and Golden Elder. The Catalpa 

 is not common as a street tree, though it is found in 

 many private gardens adjoining, the chief drawback 

 to both this and the Mulberry being that they branch 

 low and are somewhat in the way of the traffic, though 

 both are excellent town trees. Acer Negundo and its 

 variegated variety are amongst the best of trees for 

 planting in smoky localities, and they are occasionally, 

 as at St. John's Wood and at Kensington, found by 

 the street and square side. Other Acers that rarely 

 are seen by the street are A. campestre, A. platanoides 

 (the Norway Maple), and A. dasycarpum (the Silver- 

 leaved Maple), which is the best of all, and one of the 

 most ornamental and valuable of London trees. The 

 Heart-leaved Alder (Alnus cordifolia) is rare as a street 

 tree, though one of the best for town planting and 

 occasionally seen in the East End . Ailanthus glandulosa 

 gives quite a tropical appearance to the street or front 

 garden in which it is planted, and is probably the most 

 valuable town tree we possess, not even excluding the 

 so-called London Plane. 



Birches galore, some 50 feet high, dwarf Acacias, 



