17 DECEMBER 1921, Page 15

LONDON TREES.

[To THE EDITOR OF sue " SPECTATOR."' Sta,—In your review of A. D. Webster's new book I do not see any reference to the Hornbeam, though it may, of course, be mentioned in the book itself. There is a fine specimen of it here in my garden and it is so extraordinarily vigorous that I often search for similar trees in parks and other gardens. It is a great relief to have such a beautiful tree after the monotony of planes and sycamores. I am also lucky in having several hundred splendid pears this year, an excellent crop of Dart- mouth and John Downie crabs. The utter waste and ugliness of the average London garden is pitiful.—I am, Sir, &c.,