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referi'ed to in this paper. Indeed, I am often under special obligations to 

 Air, Harwood for the results of his long local experience in regai'd to the 

 cultivation of exotic trees. 



1. F. hetujalensis, L. (syn. F. indica, Rox)).) The celebrated " Banyan tree"' 

 of TncHa. See tt. \'^ aTid Sir. nf \ol. i, Kings Ann. Hot. (lard., Calcutta. 

 Native of Tropical Asia. 



Sydney is just a little cold for it, aUliougli in the Botanic Gardens we 

 have had a fair specimen tor many years. People used to ihjmc its aerial 

 roots, so a few years ago 1 caused the ground a few yards from the stem 

 to he enclosed with liarhed wire. I am hopeful to make the tree foiin an 

 arch over a jiathway. It should do well on the Northern rivers. 





1. Ficus bengalensis, L. (F. indica, Roxb. i 

 Botiuiic Gardens, Sydney. 



It is one of the so-called " Sti-angling Figs," that is to say, it starts life 

 on another tree, the seed being di-ojiped on it by a bird. It grows, and 

 finally envelops the original plant. Such Figs, of which our Port Jackson 

 Fig is one, are said to be henii-epiph\tnl. 



An interesting account of tlie eelehrated Banyan tree of the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden will be found in Hooker's '• ITimalavan douiiials," ii, "216: 

 it originally spi-outed on a Date Palm. 



Tliose who desire to pursue the sul)jcct of Strangling Figs further, may 

 turn to Dr. William Trelease's paper on the subject in the 16th Annual 

 Report of the Missouri Botanic Garden, p. I (11. 



For an excellent account of F. iemjahnisis, see Gamble's " Manual of 

 Indian Timbers," 1902 edition, p. 638.' 



L 17. See photo, of a specimen, Sydnev Botanic Gardens. 



