IRatuie IRotes : 
tihe Selbovne Society’s flDagasine. 
No. 62. FEBRUARY, 1895. Vol. VI. 
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LONDON TREES AND GARDENS. 
By the Editor. 
j|T is with much satisfaction that we are able to record 
the successful result of our remarks upon this sub- 
ject {N.N., 1894, ?• The Metropolitan Public 
Gardens Association, as might have been expected, 
was prompt to act, and two healthy trees soon replaced the 
dead ones in “ Flat Iron Square.” The St. George’s Vestry, as 
our notes on pp. 194, 215, showed, was for some time unwill- 
ing to move, and the original obstructor (who was also chairman 
of the Tree Committee) expressed his indignation at what he 
was pleased to call the “ exaggerated statements ” which we had 
made. His name is not among the members of the new Vestry, 
and already living trees have taken the place of the dead ones, 
and the larger planes have been surrounded with wire netting, 
the iron tree-guards having disappeared. The neglect which 
many of the trees have suffered can hardly be remedied, but 
if they are properly attended to they may yet in many cases 
become fairly ornamental. 
We commend the action of the St. George’s folk, tardy 
though it be, to the Fulham Vestry. We read in London of 
December 27, that “ two residents sent rather smart letters to 
the Vestry complaining of the ‘ com.plete spoliation and destruc- 
tion being carried on to the trees in King’s Road and Parson’s 
Green.’ It was suggested to take no notice of the letters, and 
they were allowed to lie on the table.” If these representa- 
tions were reasonable, we trust that the “two residents” will 
persevere in their complaint, and enlist the sympathies of the 
press on their side. The action of the Vestry seems scarcely 
courteous, and suggests that there was some ground for the 
