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think that it would succeed in the northwestern part of Tasmania. In 

 parts of Victoria and in southeastern New South Wales this Pine will 

 probably thrive but elsewhere in Australia and in South Africa there 

 is little likelihood of it being of value for forest planting. 



In New Zealand P. muricata D. Don, the Bishop 's Pine, has been planted 

 in considerable quantity but save as a shelter or for ornamental purposes 

 is of no value there. At Hobart, in the Botanic Garden, there is a very 

 fine specimen of the Bishop 's Pine 60 feet tall with a trunk 9 feet in girth. 

 I was surprised to find in New Zealand magnificent trees of the rare Pinus 

 Torreyana Parry and this species evidently grows to a larger size there 

 than it does in its home in southern California. In the Public Gardens 

 at Christchurch there are growing several specimens well over 80 feet tall 

 and 11 feet in girth of trunk; in the old Mason garden, near Wellington, 

 I saw even larger trees. At Rotorua the Government has a small plan- 

 tation of this Pine and it is doing extremely well. The Banksian Pine (P. 

 Banksiana Lamb.) has also been planted there quite freely in places but 

 without sufficient reason. Here and there in Australasia I saw fine speci- 

 mens of the Digger Pine (P. Sabiniana Dougl.)- The best, a tree 75 feet 

 tall and 6 feet in girth of trunk, grows in the Botanic Garden at Hobart 

 where there are also large trees of Pinus Montezumae Lamb, and of the 

 lovely P. patida Schlecht. & Cham. The Scots Pine (P. sylvestris L.) 

 is worthless in the antipodes and none of the Pines of eastern Asia or the 

 colder parts of eastern North America have any value there, indeed, most of 

 them merely linger. Many of the White and Nut Pines has been tried but 

 only the Bhotan Pine (P. excelsa Wall.) gives any promise of success in 

 Australasia. However, it is possible that in southeastern Australasia, 

 the right conditions may yet be found for Pinus Lambertiana Dougl. The 

 Macedonian P. peuce Griseb. I did not see but it ought to be given a trial in 

 southeastern Australia and New Zealand. At Ballarat there are splendid 

 trees of P. Coulteri D. Don and I saw other good specimens at Hobart 

 and in the South Island of New Zealand. 



Naturally with such a valuable timber producing genus as Pinus and 

 one whose seeds travel well much effort has been made in the southern 

 hemisphere to acclimatise every species obtainable. During my travels 

 I saw plants of almost every known Pine but in Australasia save locally 

 for ornamental purposes none other than those mentioned have proved 

 to be of value. I cannot help thinking, however, that in the coastal parts 

 of New South Wales and southern Queensland such species as P. palustris 

 Mill., P. taeda L., P. glabra Walt., P. caribaea Mor., P. echinata Mill, and 

 P. occidentalis Swartz ought to be worth a thorough trial. 



At Umshalotzu, near Eshowe in Zululand, I saw plantations of P. 

 palustris Mill, and P. taeda L. thriving amazingly, indeed, in the hot 

 coastal regions they were growing more rapidly than any other species. 

 In the adjacent hot parts of Natal they will probably thrive also and so, 



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