Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...examples of the Purple Plum in the central parks, as also at Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and in Waterlow and Victoria Parks. By the Thames Embankment it likewise does well, and at Poplar and in some of the East End gardens. P. mollis, or more correctly P. Americana mollis, has only recently been tried by special request in the London area, and several thriving trees may be seen within a stone's throw of the Royal Mint, where the fumes given off by gold refining are probably the worst in the Metropolis for tree and shrub life generally. It grows about 20 feet high, with serrated leaves and whitish flowers, the most remarkable effect being produced by the mottled appearance of the bark, which is due to small scale-like growths. Pterocarya fraxinifolia THIS is a comparatively rare tree, one of the largest specimens in London growing by the path side between the Victoria and Alexandra Gates in Hyde Park. In point of size this may be considered a full-grown tree, as in its native country the Pterocarya rarely exceeds 40 or 50 feet in height. The Hyde Park tree is in perfect health and well developed, the branch spread being 51 feet in diameter, while the trunk girths 4 feet 4 inches at a yard from the ground. The Pterocarya bears a great resemblance to the Ailanthus, the leaves being very large and composed of from 16 to 19 leaflets. They are individually oblong in shape and the margin slightly denticulated, the upper surface of a glossy, dark-green colour, the under surface paler. The pendent flowers render the tree distinct from every other, they being from 12 to 14 inches in length, of a yellowish-green colour, and hanging downwards almost at right angles to the branches. Flowers were produced abundantly on the Hyde Park tree in 1918. The...
