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merely exists. In New Zealand especially in the vicinity of Christchurch 

 and Nelson I saw fine trees. At Hanmer Springs, Canterbury, the Forestry 

 Department have about five acres of this tree planted pure and doing well. 

 Given deep soil there is no doubt this tree can be grown to perfection 

 in many of the cooler parts of Australasia though I do not think it will be 

 valued other than for ornament. It is a fine avenue tree where it thrives. 



Western 



For South Africa neither the 



Redwood nor Mammoth Tree are likely to be of service for forest planting. 

 Of the Redwood I made no note of any particularly good specimen but 

 of the other I saw fine trees in cities so far apart as Pretoria, Maritzburg, 

 Grahamstown and Cape Town. The Chinese Cunninghamia lanceolala 

 Hook, is a failure in the antipodes and the same is true of the Japanese 

 Cryptomeria japonica D. Don, though in New Zealand I saw a few good 

 plants of the variety elegans Mast. The wet climate of New Zealand 

 one would think would suit this tree but though it has been tried in many 

 places it has not been a success. For no apparent reason many trees 

 refuse to become acclimated in foreign lands. The Cryptomeria is one 

 of these and the only place in the world outside of Japan that I have seen 

 this tree really flourishing is Darjeeling and its vicinity in north India. 



In many parts of eastern Australia, in New Zealand and Tasmania, 

 the species of Cedrus do well. In South Australia and Victoria in parti- 

 cular they grow fast. At Ballarat Cedrus deodara Loud, is particularly 

 noteworthy and scarcely less so is C. libani Loud. At Macedon these 

 and C. atlantica Manetti all do equally well while at Hobart the Atlas 

 Cedar is best, and is used as an avenue and memorial tree. On the Canter- 

 bury Plain round Christchurch in New Zealand the Deodar is perhaps the 

 most successful but the Atlas Cedar also does well. At Wellington both 

 flourish and grow much faster than the Lebanon Cedar. There are of 

 course no noteworthy specimens such as the Cedars of Lebanon England 

 can boast but there is ample evidence that these Cedars are suited to the 

 climate of many parts of Australasia except Western Australia. As orna- 

 ments they have proved their value in many places and the Deodar at 

 least is worth a trial for forest planting where summer and all the year 

 round rains prevail. It is being tried in a few places in South Africa but 

 the experiments need to be conducted over a greater period of time be- 

 fore conclusive data can be obtained. In and near Cape Town and other 

 large cites in South Africa there are good specimen trees of all three species 

 of Cedrus showing that they will grow in this subcontinent. 



A group of northern trees which does well in many parts of Australasia 

 and South Africa is Cupressus. Many species are grown in these lands 

 but unfortunately their identity is much confused. I believe that most 

 of the known species have been introduced but their nomenclature is in 

 dreadful confusion and in the absence of authentic specimens in the south- 

 ern hemisphere it is impossible for those living there and interested in 

 these trees to correctly name them. A good illustrated monograph of 



