March 81,1887. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
253 
churchyard of St. Botolph, which is now free to the public and made 
into a garden. Being only about half an acre it is at times so full of 
people that gardening operations have to stop awhile. It has one 
Poplar surviving of medium size, but once had several; but some have 
Yuccas and some varieties of the Privet and Holly ; also annuals came 
up fairly, and that London favourite, the Mignonette, could be made to 
perfume the air for awhile about the time when part of the borders, 
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been lately planted, also Limes and Planes, which flourish, though in a 
smoky air, and the evergreens have done well under the careful atten¬ 
tion of the present gardener, who occasionally cleanses the leaves of 
Aucubas and similar species that are apt to have their pores clogged. 
Thujas, he found, failed from some cause, but he was proud of h’8 
were opening their buds. This shrub is recovering wonderfully from 
the severe insect attack it had last autumn in the north suburbs of 
London. A good plan has been adopted here : boxes are placed for the 
reception of waste paper, or other litter. In these London enclosures 
one trouble is with the grass plots ; even if they are not allowed to be 
