A GREEN GIRDLE FOR LONDON.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Many of your readers on reading the article in the Spectator of May 18th on the above subject must have been reminded of the prescience of the old "identities" in New Zealand, who in laying out a town drew a circle which was to include the borough, and then reserved a town belt of about half-a-mile in width beyond as a town reserve, to be intact for ever. Beyond this town belt, as it is called, business men build their houses, and the general overflow of the town finds room to develop. No one who has known this sacred spot, its native bush, its groves of eucalyptus, its seats and shady retreats, in such a town as, say, Dunedin. can for- get its beauty, its relief from the crowded thoroughfares, or can fail to wish a hearty success to Mr. Bull's scheme for London or for any English town.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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