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species being 20 feet in height. There are also a healthy 

 young Ginkgo or Maidenhair Tree, a small Catalpa, 

 White Beam tree several, and a standard Elder, stem 

 pruned and staked, the only one we have ever seen. 



St. Giles-in-the-Fields. Few trees do well in this 

 smoky, congested centre, the Poplar best of all. In 

 spring and early summer the greenery of the Poplars 

 and a few straggling specimens of the Plane is most 

 refreshing, but towards autumn, especially when the 

 season has been dry and hot, the whole place wears 

 a worn and tired appearance. The Common Elder 

 thrives well, and several fair-sized Fig trees are as 

 healthy in this as any part of London. The fumes 

 given off from the adjoining factories are hard on 

 plant life generally. 



St. Gabriel's, St. Katherine Coleman, and St. 

 Olave's are very confined grounds in Fenchurch Street, 

 where the Lime seems to thrive, some of these being 

 over 50 feet high. 



Paddington Cemetery. In this closely atmosphered 

 burial ground, now a place of recreation, there are 

 few trees of interest. One exception is a goodly 

 specimen of the Crack Willow, which has a branch 

 spread of 45 feet, the stem girthing 7 feet 7 inches 

 at a yard from the ground. It has certainly survived 

 the heated and impure atmosphere of this confined 

 space in a somewhat remarkable manner. The Black 

 Poplar also thrives well, and the Common Thorn looks 

 fairly happy. 



St. Duns tan- in- the- East. Surrounded with tall 

 buildings and in the thickest atmosphere of the fish 

 market, the churchyard of St. Dunstan-in-the-East 

 contains at least two remarkable trees. One is an 

 Ash, one of the finest in the by-lanes of London, 



