202 LONDON TREES 



have been planted at regular intervals over the space 

 in front of the church, and which point out how suit- 

 able this tree is for planting in very confined positions 

 in the heart of the City. The big Plane tree, 70 feet 

 high, is thriving well. 



Brompton Cemetery. These grounds are unusually 

 well furnished with trees and shrubs, some of the 

 former being good specimens of their kind. There 

 is quite a forest of mixed trees by the Richmond Road 

 which will need thinning and other attention later on. 

 Particularly fine are the standards of Tilia argentea, 

 which here appear to thrive in quite a vigorous way, 

 and are peculiarly suited for cemetery or churchyard 

 planting. The Pines Scotch and Austrian are 

 showing signs of distress, though the Eastern Thuya 

 thrives well, and has in some instances attained to a 

 respectable size. Both the common and variegated- 

 leaved Hollies thrive nicely, while the brightly 

 foliaged Sumach shows up well amongst the darker- 

 leaved undergrowth. The Turkey Oak looks happy, 

 as it does everywhere in London, and there are 

 good examples of the common and dwarf Acacias, 

 some of the former quite old trees, Laburnum, Weeping 

 Ash and Willow, Ash, Lime, and Evergreen Oak, the 

 last a good graveyard tree. There is a healthy 

 avenue of Lime trees about 30 feet high. 



Islington Cemetery. There are some rare and 

 beautiful trees in these well-kept grounds. Amongst 

 coniferous trees the Deciduous Cypress, Ginkgo or 

 Maidenhair Tree, 20 feet high, Picea pungens glauca, 

 Cedrus atlantica glauca (very fine), Japan Cedar, 

 Austrian and Corsican Pines, and Common Larch thrive 

 amazingly. The last are fine trees, about 70 feet 

 high and perfectly healthy. Both the Common and 



