LONDON TREES. 275 
three service Trees, two of the weeping ash, one 
pear, twelve elders, one oriental plane, and two 
birches.’ The writer added that ‘it was impos- 
sible to estimate the number of smaller Trees or 
under-shrubs.’ He stated, however, that it might 
safely be reckoned, that ‘the more thriving and 
conspicuous small Trees and under-shrubs’ num- 
bered two thousand, ‘which brings up the total 
of City Trees, large and small, to upwards 
of three thousand two hundred.’ He adds :— 
‘There yet remain, beyond doubt, hidden away 
in the rear of houses, a few Trees, of an age and 
beauty to deserve consideration; as, of course, 
amongst the smaller occupants of city gardens 
there are many things one can neither count nor 
consider in a general survey.’ It is assumed, 
and with justice, by The Gardener’s Magazine, 
that the Trees and shrubs of the City of London 
may be considered as fairly representing the 
kinds that may be selected for planting in the 
closer quarters of all large towns and cities; and 
it is also assumed, that if the Trees and shrubs, 
enumerated in the complete audit of City Trees, 
will grow and thrive within so central a district, 
