. British trees. Trees. THE LEAFY CUPS SURROUNDING THE NEW SHOOT. THE HE Plane recalls no scenes of country life or landscape. To most people the thought of it is inseparable from the life of a city and from a thousand aspects of poverty and wealth. The " Londoner's tree " flourishes in the bare asphalte yard of a City Church, in the trim squares and parks of the West End, along the margins of poor and busy streets. Yet mi finer background could be found for the exquisite and intricate pattern of its branches than the flat tones massive buildings supply, and the smoke and vap
. British trees. Trees. THE LEAFY CUPS SURROUNDING THE NEW SHOOT. THE HE Plane recalls no scenes of country life or landscape. To most people the thought of it is inseparable from the life of a city and from a thousand aspects of poverty and wealth. The " Londoner's tree " flourishes in the bare asphalte yard of a City Church, in the trim squares and parks of the West End, along the margins of poor and busy streets. Yet mi finer background could be found for the exquisite and intricate pattern of its branches than the flat tones massive buildings supply, and the smoke and vapours which fail to hinder its sturdy growth throw about it Mich effects of atmosphere as London alone can provide. One cannot soon weary oi the graceful branch-forms, hung with the dark tassels of the seed-balls; oi the perfect poise and just pro- portions of the smooth grey trunk, with the peeling bark continually. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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