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(A. bracteata Nutt.). The late T. W. Adams, Greendale, Canterbury, who 

 did much useful pioneer work in experimental tree planting in southern 

 New Zealand, has left it on record that A. Nordmanniana Spach, A. 

 alba Mill., A. pinsapo Boiss. should be largely grown and that A. concolor 

 Lindl.and its Calif ornian form, A . grandis Lindl. and A. cephalonica Loud, 

 gave promise of success. I should think the Algerian Fir (A. numidica 

 De Lannoy) would be likely to succeed. For ornamental purposes Firs 

 may be grown here and there in the cooler parts of Australasia but for 

 forest planting there I do not think they have any future. Neither have 

 they in South Africa though near Cape Town I saw good specimens of 



A. pinsapo Boiss. 



The Hemlocks are another group of Conifers of no promise in the 



antipodes. In the old Mason garden near Wellington, New Zealand, I 



saw fair specimens of the western Tsuga helerophylla Sarg. and T. Merten- 



siana Sarg. and, at Queenstown on Lake Wakatipu in the South Island a 



good tree of the Himalayan T. Brunoniana Carr. Of the Japanese and 



eastern North American species I saw no trees worthy of comment. 



In the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, and in the nursery grounds belonging 

 to the Forestry Department at Gosford, much to my surprise I saw trees 

 of Keteleeria Fortunei Carr. They were of no size but were fruiting and 

 had evidently grown slowly and the species is evidently of no value in 

 forestry. It occurred to me that K. Davidiana Beiss. from Formosa and 

 western China might succeed. This is a large tree which furnishes good 

 timber and thrives under conditions too arid and too warm for either 

 Spruce or Fir its close relatives. 



In the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, there are large handsome trees of 

 Taxodium distichum Rich, and T mucronatum Ten., the Swamp Cypress, 

 those of the Mexican species being particularly noteworthy. At Melbourne 

 there are also good trees. In the Municipal Gardens, Cape Town grow 

 large trees of the typical T. distichum Rich, and of the var. imbricarium 

 Sarg. with acicular leaves. It is evident that these trees are suited to 

 certain parts of both continents. The Forestry Department of South 

 Africa are intent on testing these trees and Australia might well do like- 

 wise. 



In southeastern Australia the Redwood {Sequoia sempervirens Endl.) 



has been planted in many places for ornamental purposes but I saw none 

 that looked really thrifty. The growth is slow the branches sparse and 

 the trees of untidy appearance. In New Zealand I saw better trees but 

 was nowhere favorably impressed with the suitability of this tree for forest 

 planting. The Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea DC.) on the other hand grows 

 rapidly when the soil is good. At Macedon there are some truly gigantic 

 trees of this noble conifer. At Ballarat also there are fine specimens; 

 likewise in private gardens on Mt. Lofty near Adelaide and elsewhere in 

 South Australia. At Hobart, Launceston and other places in Tasmania, 

 the Mammoth Tree flourishes exceedingly whereas its relative the Redwood 



