BY THE HON. JAMES NORTON, M.L.C. 729 



The male cones as in other Araucarias are produced on the 

 leaf spires but not at the ends, as is the case with A. axcelsa, 

 while the females spring from the solid wood of the branches 

 which have no difficulty in supporting their great weight. 



It is a little dangerous to work under the Bunya at the time of 

 year at which the cones fall, for a blow on the head from one of 

 them falling from a height of 40 or 50 feet would be a serious mat- 

 ter as they fall bodily and not piecemeal as in the case of A. excelsa. 



The fruiting cones have not yet appeared and probably will 

 not do so till the male is sufficiently advanced to produce the 

 pollen which will probably fertilize them. 



I may here mention that about seventeen years ago I planted 

 an avenue of these trees which have greatly puzzled some of the 

 gardeners who believe them to be a variety of the true Bunya. 

 The explanation of the matter is that in order to prevent their 

 enormous spread the ends of the branches have been several 

 times lopped. This has caused the wounded parts to threw out 

 numerous branchlets which have made the trees look very rich 

 and compact and probably also caused them to grow taller than 

 they otherwise would have done. 



I cannot imagine anything more beautiful than these trees at 

 the beginning of summer when they throw out a profusion of 

 young pale green shoots contrasting very strikingly with the 

 older dark green foliage. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



The Honble. James Norton exhibited some male cones of the 

 Bunya tree mentioned in his paper. 



Dr. Cox exhibited a curious albino variety of Platycercus 

 pallidiceps from Queensland. 



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