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40040 to 40064— Continued. 



40042. Received as var. forsteri, but forsteri is a red-flowered 

 variety of G. robusta. This plant on flowering proves to be 

 G. banksii. 



40043. Grevillea caleyi R. Brown. 



Distribution. — A slender shrub about 6 feet tall with handsome 

 pinnately divided leaves which are softly villous underneath and 

 with short racemes of beautiful small red flowers, found in the 

 vicinity of Port Jackson in New South Wales. 



40044. Grevillea hilliana F. Mueller. Silky oak. 

 An Australian tree 50 to 60 feet high and 2 to 3 feet in diameter. 



Leaves variable, ranging from entire, ovate oblong, 6 to 8 inches 

 long to deeply pinnatifid with 5 to 7 oblong or lanceolate lobes several 

 inches in length (the whole leaf then being more than 1 foot long), 

 glabrous above, more or less silky pubescent beneath. Flowers white, 

 small, and very" numerous, in dense, cylindrical racemes, 4 to 8 inches 

 long. (Adapted from Maiden, Forest Flora of Neiv South Wales, 

 p. 53.) 



40045. Grevillea laurifolia Sieber. 



Distribution. — A low or trailing shrub with silky tomentose 

 branches and broadly lanceolate leaves which are smooth above and 

 silky below and with short racemes of small flowers, found on the 

 slopes of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. 



40046. Grevillea triternata R. Brown. 



Distribution. — An erect bushy shrub with finely divided leaves hav- 

 ing narrow, sharp-pointed segments and terminal racemes of small 

 flowers; found along mountain streams in New South Wales. 

 40047 to 40053. Hakea spp. Proteacea?. 



" Drought-resistant plants which endure moderate frosts and are 

 therefore well adapted to the drier parts of the South and Southwest. In 

 California they are grown as far north as Sacramento. One of these, 

 H. laurina, produces strikingly handsome flowers ; H. elliptica is prized 

 for the bronze color of its young foliage; while the spiny leaved species 

 are serviceable for planting in public parks or in any place where it is 

 necessary for shrubs to protect themselves from pedestrians or vandals. 

 " Hakeas may be propagated by cuttings taken from ripened shoots, 

 but they are almost universally grown from seeds. These are gathered 

 from year-old capsules, which are very hard and must bo dried for some 

 time before they will open. The seeds are sown in winter or early spring 

 in the ordinary mixture of sand, leaf mold, and loam; they germinate 

 easily, even without heat. The young seedlings are pricked off into 

 boxes and held in the lath house for a season before planting in the 

 open. For best results Hakeas should be grown in light well-drained 

 soil and need but little water after they are once established; much 

 moisture is injurious except during the summer months." {Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1427-1428. ) 



40047. Hakea acicularis (Vent.) Knight. 



Distribution. — A tall shrub or small bushy tree with cylindrical. 

 sharp-pointed leaves 1 to 3 inches long and white flowers, found 

 from Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. 



