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ing branch, of graceful twig and clustering 
foliage. 
With so much pleasure within our grasp, why 
do we not secure it? Why should we feebly and 
ineffectually ‘experiment’ on Tree planting in 
our towns, doling out public funds with such 
sparing and grudging hands for so delightful an 
object ? Why do we, at the utmost, limit our 
Tree planting to the longest and broadest of our 
thoroughfares? If a survey were taken of the 
streets in our towns and cities in which Trees 
could be advantageously planted, but which are 
now bare of any shrub or larger growth, the number 
would be represented by thousands ; and inquiry 
would prove that the authorities entrusted with the 
control of these streets have in very few instances 
indeed even thought of planting them with Trees. 
Our English towns compare very unfavourably 
in respect of the charms of verdure with the towns 
of the Continent. Hven unsavoury Calais, though 
the farthest removed from a model town, has a 
thing of beauty in its Front sud; and though 
we have many delightful parks and squares in our 
metropolis, London is far outshone in sylvan 
