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exposed part of the terrace. It has been planted about 32 years, 

 being about 4 feet high when planted. It is now over 35 feet high, 

 and thickly furnished with branches, the spread of which in the 

 widest part is fully 18 feet. This is the female variety. It is 

 planted in a sandy loam, at an elevation of about 6U0 feet 

 above mean sea level. No. 2 is also growing on the terrace. 

 It was planted at the same time as No. 1, and is situated 

 within a few yards of it, It is now over 40 feet high, with a 

 spread of branches, measured a few inches above the surface 

 of the ground, of IG feet. There are cjuantities of the same spe- 

 cies growing well within a short distance of the above trees, the 

 smallest of ten of them being about 25 feet high. 



PiNUS CEMBKA. — There are two good specimens of this variety growing 

 on the terrace within a short distance of the Araucarias ; they are both 

 about Zo feet high, with a spread of branches in centre of tree of 

 15 feet. They are thickly covered with foliage, and are growing in a 

 beautiful conical form. These were planted about the same time as 

 the Araucaria, 32 years ago. 



Abies Smithiana, or morinda. — No. 1 of this variety is growing 

 on the terrace, within a few yards of the imim ccmlra. It is very 

 healthy, and is growing in splendid form. It is now about 45 feet 

 high, having a spread of branches a few inches above the surface of 

 the ground of 23 feet. This was planted at the same time as the 

 Araucarias, and is situated in the same description of soil. No. 2 is 

 urowins at a distance of about one and a half mile from the above- 

 named specimens, and was planted about the same time. This is 

 growing in a good loam, with a clay subsoil. It is now about 

 50 feet high, with a spread of branches of 19 feet. 



Sequoia (Taxodiu:\i) Sempervibens. — No. 1 is growing on the 

 terrace within a short distance of No. 1 Abies Smithiana, this also 

 having been planted about 32 years ago. It is growing in a 

 sandy soil, with the sandstone rock within a short depth of the 

 surface. It is now 40 feet high, with a circumference of stem a few 

 inches above the ground of G feet. It is thinly clad with branches, 

 the spread of which in the widest part is 20 feet. The peculiar 

 appearance of the bark renders this a very remarkable and interesting 

 specimen. The bark is of a spongy nature, and very like the outside 

 rind of a cocoa-nut. No. 2 is growing in the old vineyard close to the 

 terrace, it being planted about the same time as No. 1. It is 

 growing well, liaving made a good leading shoot this year. It is 

 planted on the side of a hill having a gradient of about 1 in 3. 

 It is now about 55 feet high, having a spread of branches of 28 feet. 

 There are ten more of the same species witliin a few yards of the 

 above, the smallest of the ten being al)Oub 35 feet lii^.di,. The whole 



