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| | Hackney Environment Forum |
 | | The Cemetery was planted as an arboretum with a stock of over 2,000 trees and shrubs, including a collection of pines, firs, flowering fruit trees, ash, oak, beech, walnut, plane, some unusual trees such as quince and service tree, and a large rose garden. |
 | | These were supplied by Loddiges, a important local nursery, based in the area of what is now Hackney Town Hall. |
 | | At this time, Abney Park had one of the largest collection of named trees and shrubs in Britain, and was more significant than Kew. |
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