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which rises to a height of 60 feet, with a branch spread 

 of 50 feet. The trunk, which girths 6| feet at 3 feet 

 up, is of good shape and would at once catch the eye 

 of the purchaser of aeroplane Ash timber. The other 

 is a ponderous Plane tree, 50 feet of the butt end of 

 which contains fully 200 cubic feet of timber. At 

 3 feet and 5 feet the girths are 9 feet i inch and 8 feet 

 ii inches. The branch spread is 75 feet, extending 

 from the church on one side to St. Dunstan's House 

 on the other. It is rare, indeed, that two so fine 

 specimens are found in the cramped grounds and stifled 

 atmosphere of a disused London churchyard. 



St. Pancras Churchyard can boast of some hand- 

 some Plane trees and quite a number of healthy, 

 fast-growing Limes. 



Bunhill Fields Burying Grounds. The trees here 

 are generally of stunted and irregular growth, parti- 

 cularly the straggling Poplars and Limes. Some of 

 the Planes are of fair size, but the two between which 

 John Bunyan is buried are amongst the most miser- 

 able and badly grown of any in London. The grounds 

 are dark, damp, and uninviting. 



Stepney Churchyard. Constantly subjected to the 

 sulphurous fumes from the adjoining gas works, tree 

 growth in this East End district would hardly be con- 

 sidered satisfactory. And yet the opposite is the 

 case, as can at once be seen by the healthy develop- 

 ment of such trees as the Common and Golden Catalpa, 

 Birch, and Heart-leaved Alder. The avenue of Birches 

 is indeed a rare sight in London, and the twenty-five 

 trees which compose this shady retreat look quite 

 as healthy and happy in their grimy surroundings as 

 one would expect to see in the open country. They 

 average 25 feet in height and have a proportionate 



