CHAPTER IV. 
LONDON TREES. 
Ve is probable that the first inquiry 
g. which will be made by those who 
may be induced to give some at- 
tention to the Author’s ‘plea for 
Trees in towns,’ will be as to 
which of our woodland or other 
Trees are the most suitable for town 
| growth? ‘This question may, perhaps, be 
no best answered, in a general way, by a refer- 
ence to some very interesting facts which were 
published in The Gardener’s Magazine for June 
30th, 1877. In that number, this periodical gave 
what it described as ‘a complete audit of City 
Trees,’ under which heading was included all the 
Trees found growing 1n the heart of the metropolis 
