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“brown-rot” of cacao pods and that its Diplodia form is identical 
with that of the fungus which is the cause of the ‘die-back. 
disease of Para rubber in the Straits Settlements and Federated 
Malay States. It appears therefore highly probable that both 
diseases are primarily due to Thyridaria tarda. 
A preliminary account of this fungus with a description and 
elucidation of the synonymy is given in the Agricultural Bulletin 
of the Straits and Federated Malay Straits, ix. (1910), pp. 475-478. 
A. note was also published in the Kew Bulletin, 1910, pp. 93-95. 
G. M. 
Dacrydium ‘cupressinum.—This tree, a native of New Zealand, 
where it is widely distributed, yields the wood known commercially 
as Rimu. From a correspondent of Kew we learn that Rimu 
varies very greatly in quality and texture according to the nature 
of the locality in which the tree grows. Thus in the northern part 
of North Island the tree while attaining a large size yields a timber, 
particularly when it grows in swampy ground, which is poor in 
colour and of coarse and open texture. The best quality is what 
is known locally as ‘ Mountain Rimu,’ from trees grown at about, 
or over, 1000 ft. above sea-level, and in soil of a suitable character. 
Such trees are stated to be about 3 ft. in diameter and as a rule 
have a clean trunk of about 40 ft. In estimating the amount of 
‘prime wood’ in such a tree the portion beyond the point where 
branching begins is said not to be considered. 
rime Mountain Rimu is stated to be sold in the London market 
at somewhere about 30s. per 100 ft. super net, but the price is 
understood to vary somewhat according to the demand. 
The Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park System.—The following 
account of the Park system in process of formation at Niagara 
Falls in the Dominion of Canada is part of an interesting communi- 
cation received from Mr. H. J. Moore, Chief Gardener, formerly 
a member of the gardening staff at Kew. The scheme outlined 
promises to provide the Dominion of Canada with a most important 
botanical collection of trees, shrubs, and hardy plants, as well as a 
park system of remarkable beauty, unique in the grandeur of its 
surroundings :— 
