Dec. 2, 1908.] A(jricultural Gazette of N.S.TF. 977 



Wp have no sturdier tree in the garden. It is exposed to the sea air 

 and north-easters, and is ()l)viously a grand species for this situation. 



L 22 (npar F). See i)hoto. 



31. Ficus sp. A. snifill tree, yet the stem is a foot in diameter as it 

 has been cut back many times owing to the exigencies of space. 



It is a native of the South Sea Islands, but like so many plants from that 

 region in this garden, we have no more definite locality for it. The leaves 

 are lanceolate, with a blunt point, about 4 inches long anrl 2 wide, thinnish, 

 both sides smooth, paler underneath, margin entire. Bears a profusion of 

 small fruits, spotted in a young state 



L 8 (near the statue of " Summer"). 



32. Ficus sp. We have a tree 10 feet high, and slender. Its leaves are 

 now 1.5 inches long, with a maximum width of 3 inches. Foimerly they were 

 at least 20 inches long, broader, and more panduriform (fiddle shaped) than 

 they are now. 



The tree forms one of the interesting species of the garden. I cannot trace 

 its origin at present. It has been variously labelled F. panduriforme and 

 F. hpterophylla, L. f. (which it is not). Compare note on F. panduriforme, 

 Macleay, above, p. 972. 



M 17. 



33. Ficus sp. This is another species I have not been able to trace. It 

 was a present from Di-. (now Sir John) Hay, of Sydney, a well-known plant 

 connoisseur. Its origin does not appear to be known. 



Our plant is about fifteen years old. It is planted in a warm border and is a 

 slender tree, 12 feet high (it has been lopped), with striking (to us) lanceolate 

 leaves up to 11 inches long by 2 broad; channelled above, entire, perfectly 

 glabrous. 



L5. 



34. Ficus sp. Known in the Sydney Botanic Garden as the " White- 

 barked Fig," and raised from seed many years ago from a supposed F. rubi- 

 ginosa (it may not be F. rubiginosa at alJ) in the area now kiiown as Cook 

 Park. 



It has been very largely distributed during the last few years by nursery- 

 men and others. 



It is quite distinct from typical F. rubiginosa, the leaves being narrower, 

 more lanceolate, and with no sign of rustiness. It more readily forms a 

 handsome tree than the latter species. The fruits are small (apparently a 

 little smaller than those of F. rubiginosa) and yellow. Its habit is more 

 pendulous than rubiginosa. 



There are three specimens in the Garden Palace Grounds, viz. : — One ad- 

 joining the small fountain (svith a basin) not far from the Domain ; a second 



