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Auth., not L.). The best of the deciduous Oaks is Q. cerris L., the Turkey 

 Oak. In the gardens are several good specimens of the Cork Oak (Q. 

 suber L.), Holm Oak (Q.Ilex L.), the Himalayan Q. incana Roxb. and a 

 fair tree of Q. virginiana Mill. The Olive (Olea europaea L.) does well 

 and so too does the Wych Elm and the Common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior 

 L.), but the Horsechestnut, Sweet Chestnut and Linden do badly. Maples 

 do not thrive though there is a fair collections of nice trees of the Nor- 

 way Maple. The Bull Bay (Magnolia grandiflora L.) does well but the 

 deciduous Magnolias are far from happy. A magnificent Photinia ser- 

 rulata Lindl., 30 feet tall with a spread of 30 feet, is one of the features 

 of the gardens and there are also excellent examples of the New Zealand 

 Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis Hook. f.). Among the Palms good 

 specimens of Phoenix canariensis Hort., Jubaea spectabilis, II. B. K., 

 Trachycarpus excelsa Wendl., Chamaerops humilis L., and its variety 

 elegans, Cocos capitata Mart, and Washingtonia filifera Wendl. are grow- 

 ing. Among shrubs are many sorts of Bush Honeysuckle, more or less 

 happy, several Barberries including Berberis vulgaris L. heavily laden 

 with scarlet fruit and a few Viburnums among which Viburnum pruni- 

 folium L. was noteworthy. The Common Box (Buxus sempervirens L.) 

 is used as an edging and the Himalayan Cotoneaster Simonsii Bak. is 

 used for making hedges and does splendidly. Near the small museum 

 flourishes the largest specimen of the remarkable Elephant's Foot (Testa- 



dinaria elephantipes Salisb.) I have ever seen. 



As a group the Conifers, especially the Pines, are the most interesting- 



trees in the Hobart Botanic Gardens. Among those of the southern 

 Hemisphere only Araucaria excelsa R. Br. (Norfolk Island Pine), A. 

 Bid will ii Hook. (Bunya-Bunya), A. Cunninghamii Sweet (Hoop Pine), 

 the South American Podocarpus andina Poepp. (Prumnopitys elegans 

 Phil.), and the South African P. elongata L. Herit. are really thriving 

 But the conifers of the north Hemisphere are more at home. Pines in 

 particular do well and there are many really noteworthy specimens in 

 the gardens. Among them a magnificent Pinus muricaia Don, 60 feet 

 tall with a trunk 9 feet in girth, in perfect health, a wide-spreading P. 

 Montezumae Lamb., 45 feet tall and a trunk 7 feet in girth, P. longifolia 

 Roxb., 75 feet and 7 feet in girth of trunk and a fine P. Sabiniana DougL, 

 75 feet by 6 feet in girth are the finest I have seen in Australasia. There 

 are handsome trees 80 feet tall of P. ponderosa Dougl. labeled P. Benthami- 

 ana and equally fine trees of P. canariensis C. Sm. The Austrian Pine 

 (P. nigra) does badly, the Corsican (P. nigra var. Poiretiana Schneid., 

 P. laricio Poir.) and P. ponderosa moderately well. There are fair trees 

 of P. Jejfreyi Balf. and of P. pinaster Ait. (Cluster Pine), a splendid Stoe 

 Pine (P. pinea L.), 50 feet tall with a wide-spreading flattened crown 

 and a trunk 8 feet in girth. The Monterey Pine (P. radiataWm) flourishes 

 as elsewhere in Australasia, our White Pine (P. Strobns L.) docs indiffer- 



