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16. Ficus laurifolia, Lam. 



Garden Pahice Grouuds. 



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To hear some people talk, all Moreton Bay Fisfs should Vje banished from 

 the Sydney district, but it does not seem to be realised that it is one of the 

 best trees ever introduced to 83'dney. It will grow amongst rocks where 

 scarcely anything else will grow, and it will stand being blown upon by 

 fierce w inds and beinsj liacked about and otherwise ill-used. I admit that it 

 can be put in the wrong place ; but a Moreton Bay Fig witli plenty of x'oom, 

 so that it can live its life, is one of the most beautiful of trees, while its 

 foliage and fruit are nutritious to stock, and its umbrageous head affords a 

 grateful shade. 



