i 9 4 LONDON TREES 



Walnut are in some districts planted as street trees, 

 but they are not desirable, as the fruit offers a tempta- 

 tion to the passer-by and the trees are injured in 

 consequence. 



Several kinds of Thorn are used for street planting, 

 but as they usually branch low are to be avoided 

 unless as standards. The Bird Cherry is sometimes 

 seen as a tree of small growth for confined streets, as is 

 also the Gean or Wild Cherry, both of which are highly 

 ornamental-flowering species of small growth. Some 

 rare and interesting trees are occasionally to be found 

 by the London streets, such as the Maidenhair or 

 Ginkgo by Commercial Road, an Araucaria near Putney, 

 the Koelreuteria at Highgate, the Hornbeam by Edgware 

 Road, the Alder (labelled) by the Inner Circle of 

 Regent's Park, the Bitter Almond at Euston and High- 

 gate, the yellow-flowering Pavia by Marylebone Road, 

 White Beam tree at Madame Tussaud's, and the Purple 

 Birch at several of the roads and streets of St. John's 

 Wood. 



At many places, such as by Jamaica Street, and 

 throughout the north-eastern part of the Metropolis, 

 the Fig has been extensively used by the street side, in 

 small gardens and grounds, as also at High Street, 

 Poplar, by the archway, in company with a Weeping 

 Ash, at Stepney Station. Avenues composed of 

 the Elm, Plane, Lime, and Poplar are not un- 

 common, less so those of Birch and Mountain Ash 

 as at the Hampstead Garden City, the Birch alone as 

 in Stepney Churchyard, Ailanthus as at Hampstead 

 and Highgate, Horse Chestnut by Golder's Green, 

 Turkey Oak in Hyde Park, and Acacia commonly. 



Grove End Road, N.W. Many different kinds 

 of trees are to be found in the gardens which skirt 



