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stand out conspicuously, as do the fine trees of the 

 Weeping Elm. Rarely is the Lombardy Poplar seen in 

 such condition as on the stiffish soil of this cemetery, 

 some being 75 feet high and 1 1 feet 3 inches in girth 

 at a yard up. The Tansy-leaved Thorn is of good 

 size, while Cratcegus Crus-galli occurs in good form, 

 being 30 feet high, 40 feet in spread, and girthing 

 4 feet at a yard up. The Rowan or Mountain Ash 

 grows freely and fruits abundantly. 



City of London Cemetery. The largest Pterocarya 

 we have seen is growing in the grounds of the City 

 of London Cemetery. This tree is 70 feet high, with 

 a branch spread of 51 feet, the trunk girthing 9 feet 

 9 inches at 2 feet from the ground. This is a splendid 

 specimen and in perfect health, and produced flowers 

 abundantly during the summer of 1918. It suckers 

 freely from the root, and dozens of young trees were 

 counted beneath its shade. Here also may be seen 

 a goodly specimen of the rare Black-fruited Thorn 

 (Cratcegus nigrd). There are many other trees of 

 interest in this cemetery, including some of the finest 

 specimens of the White Poplar that are to be found 

 in London, Limes, Evergreen Oak; Holly, and 

 Sycamore. 



Flowering Trees. The summer of 1918 will long 

 be remembered as one in which trees were particularly 

 floriferous everywhere throughout London. Rarely 

 has the Catalpa produced its spikes of curiously marked 

 flowers in such abundance as during the summer of 

 1918, trees both large and small rivalling each other in 

 their wealth of bloom. The giant specimen in Man- 

 chester Square has never been known to bear such 

 quantities of its conspicuous flowers as during the latter 

 end of July. The Ailanthus, too, has everywhere 



