968 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.JF. [Z>^c. 2, 1908, 



15. F. Jlarlandi, Benth., China. 8ee p. 11.3 and t. 148 of vol. i, Ann. Bot^ 

 (Jard., Calcutta. Sir George King suspects that it may Ix' only a t'oriii of 

 F. fistnloxa, Kcinw. 



This has pi'oved an adniirahle tree for the Sydney disti-ict, standing the 

 sea-air well. It is hardy, shapely, and umbrageous. It is one of the few 

 species that loses all its leaves for a short time. Thry are broadly-lanceolate, 

 entire, smooth, and of the same colour on botlr surfaces, say ') inches long 

 and half as wide, l)ut rather variable as to size ; small-fruited. The tree 

 can be readily trimmed to one trunk, but naturally forms a dense growing 

 umbrageous tree, with branches close to the ground. 



L 1, 17, IS, 22, 2.3. 8ee photo. 





15. Ficus Harlandi. Benth. 



Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 



16, F. laurifolia, Lam. Tropical America. The tree in the Garden Palace 

 Grounds is the largest specimen we have. It is about .30 feet high. It 

 does not form a single trunk, but a large agglomeration of several large 

 branches. 



It is well named laurel-leaved, and it has unusually long leaf-stalks. It will 

 certainly flourish in Sydney. 



It is just inside the Garden Palace grouTids, to the left from the Marble- 

 Fountain in the Middle Garden. A second specimen is in the same border,. 

 100 feet away. 



See photo. 



17. F. macroj)hi/Ua, De^t " The Moreton Bay Fig."' This tree is thor- 

 oughly well-known to people in the Sydney district. 



