206 LONDON TREES 



and beautiful trees may be seen, including the finest 

 Persimmon tree in London, the beautiful and distinct 

 Cotoneaster nummularia, and the equally large- growing 

 C. frigida, both over 30 feet in height. The Marsh 

 and Fastigiate Oaks do well in a smoky locality, and so 

 does the Common Birch, which has attained to a size 

 quite equalling that reached in the open country. 

 The Pavias are uncommonly fine, as are also the many 

 distinct forms of Thorn, Pyrus lobata, and species of 

 Prunus. 



In Battersea Park the Nettle Tree (Celtis occidentalis) 

 has reached to a fair size, and looks healthy and well 

 suited to its dusty and smoky locality, and this is true 

 also of Zelkova acuminata, which has attained to a 

 height of 40 feet, with a branch spread of 30 feet. 

 The Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree, is nowhere in the 

 London area to be seen in finer form than at Battersea, 

 though perhaps equalled by the far-spreading specimen 

 in Waterlow Park, where a healthy, vigorous-growing 

 tree has spread laterally to a distance of 30 feet. The 

 Tamarisk by the lake- side in the same park has quite 

 outgrown its normal dimensions, and some of the 

 stems are fully 20 feet high, girthing 2\ feet at a 

 yard from the ground. The magnificent Hickories 

 in Waterlow Park are by far the finest in London, 

 other species of interest at the same place being the 

 Paper Birch (Broussonetia papyri/era), Honey Locust, 

 and Magnolia acuminata. The fine Mulberry tree, 

 though old and decrepit, is yet making a brave stand 

 for existence, and should with care exist for many 

 a year. Here also is a good example of the Maiden- 

 hair Tree (Ginkgo biloba). 



Amongst the many species of Oak, none excels 

 the Turkey Oak for town planting, and in Ruskin Park 



