274 OUR WOODLAND TREES. 
in the preceding month of May. The actual area 
taken for the purposes of this Tree ‘audit,’ was 
that included within the boundaries of the City of 
London—an area extending from east to west for 
one mile and three-quarters, and from north to 
south for just one mile. In an article, which 
accompanied the list of the City of London Trees, 
occurred the following summary :—‘ There are, 
within the precise boundaries of the City of 
London, about twelve hundred established and 
thriving Trees, comprising, at least, thirty species 
and varieties, and excluding from consideration 
all such shrubs as privets, lilacs, hollies, aucubas, 
ivies, and the like. Reference to the list will 
show that they consist of five hundred and twenty 
planes, two hundred and twenty limes, two hun- 
dred and two balsam, black, and other poplars, 
sixty-one thorns of various kinds, thirty labur- 
nums, five abele poplars, twenty-six common 
elms, twenty-one ailants, nine figs, eight of the 
common ash, eight Lombardy poplars, four of 
the mountain ash, five catalpas, four robinias, or 
false acacias, eight sycamores, six wych and 
weeping elms, seven mulberries, three willows, 
