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touched during his period of office. Since then, however, it has been 

 ])runed and has been much improved thereby. Of the other four trees, 

 the Wellinfjtonia gigantea alone remains, and is seen farther to the north 

 of the same lawn ; the cedar of Lebanon, the Cedrus deodora, and the totara 

 have since died. As Mr. Armstrong cpaintl}- remarked many years ago, 

 the possession of five Royal trees was too much honour for one garden to 

 sustain. 



The Araucaria imhricata just to the south of the Moorhouse statue was 

 planted in 1871 by Sir George Bowen, then Governor of the colony. He 

 planted four other trees — an oak near the north-west corner of the 

 enclosure near the College grounds, which was cut down in 1893 and 

 replaced by an elm ; an ilex oak, which is still standing on the grass plot 

 near the Winter Garden ; and two others. 



The Marchioness of Normanby's tree is the cedar of Lebanon on the lawn 

 near the Museum path, not the Cedrus deodora which is at present labelled 

 with her name. That tree was planted later, in 1880, to celebrate Mr. J. F. 

 Armstrong's sixtieth birthday. It is apparently almost as big as the other 

 cedar, for it has made quicker growth. The Marquess of Normanby planted 

 an oak seedling at the end of the archery-lawn on the same day, and this 

 has since grown into a fine tree. It is to be found just beyond the limes. 



On the 6th June, 1893, an oak was planted on the triangular lawn near 

 the Gardener's cottage to commemorate the marriage of Their Royal 

 Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York. This oak was planted by the 

 chairman of the Domain Board, Mr. H. P. Murray Aynsley, who served 

 for many years in that capacity on the Board and devoted much time and 

 thought to the welfare of the Domain and Parks. 



In August, 1902, an oak was planted to commemorate the coronation 

 of King Edward VII. This is now a fine tree, near the north-east corner 

 of the rose-garden, and can be easily distinguished by the stone, suitably 

 inscribed, which has been placed in front of it. 



On the 23rd June, 1911, an oak-tree was planted by Mrs. H. J. Beswick 

 near the south bridge to commemorate the coronation of Knig George V. 

 In 1917 Lord Liverpool planted a Spanish chestnut near the South Domain 

 Bridgv. This ceremony was the initial step towards the proposed rock- 

 garden. 



There are probably several other trees of historic interest in the Domain 

 which are not properly identified, and it is to be hoped that the Board will 

 act on the proposal made in 1910 to find them out and keep a record of 

 them, making plans of the Domain to show their position, as suggested in 

 the proposal. 



On more than one occasion these and other trees and plants have been 

 named and labelled by the various curators, but a section of the public, 

 with a wanton disregard of their privilege in protecting one of the most 

 beautiful assets of their city, constantly destroy these labels either by 

 removing them altogether or throwing them about in other parts of the 

 gardens. Over and over again in the minutes of the Domain Board has 

 this destruction been referred to ; it is probably only the more solid nature 

 of the labels in front of some of these memorial trees that has preserved 

 them from the same treatment. This is a serious disgrace to the per- 

 petrators, as is also the deliberate removal of many plants from the beds, 

 which also has been reported from time to time. The public should be 

 made to realize that the beauties of the Domain are theirs to enjov and 

 to protect in every way. 



