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from which the plant is named. Heather was orathered in 

 large bunches. The red Correa (C. speciosa) was a beautiful 

 sight with its masses of yellow and red bells. Mrs. Page also 

 pointed out to the party a number of the rare Correa aemula, 

 w^ith pale-green pendulous bell flowers. 



Excursion to Aldgate, May 20, 1922. — A large company of 

 naturalists visited the magnficent park of Mr. W. H. Bagot at 

 Aldgate. The trees in the park comprise 180 varieties, mainly 

 conifers, and the greatest diversity of climate and soil and 

 other conditions was represented in the stately avenues and 

 along the winding paths. The Cryptomeria, or Japanese cedar, 

 usually found at a height of 5,000 feet, flourished in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Norwegian fir ; the Himalayan spruce rubbed 

 branches with a native of Spain, the cedar of Lebanon and the 

 Oregon pine, and the New Zealand kauri found a congenial 

 home within a few yards, and even the palm of the tropic was 

 not left without a representative. Some exceptional quality 

 in our soil and climate seems to render them adaptable to most 

 varied plant forms. Late in the year as it was, there was a most 

 gorgeous display of autumn tints, gold, crimson, purples, and 

 burnished copper gleamed from the foliage of maples, liquid- 

 amber, and rhus. The winding paths constantly opened out 

 on long green vistas bounded by distant blue peaks veiled in a 

 filmy haze. Among the pines were noted the following : — 

 The stately Pinus insignis, showing a row of remarkable even 

 growth ; P. canariensis, P. longif olia, P. sylvestris, P. Laricio, 

 P. Coulteri, P. Sabiniana, P. Jeffreyi, P. Rigida (pitch pine), P. 

 Strobus (Waymouth or Michigan), Italian stone pine, and our 

 native Australian pine (P. Callitris robusta). The firs (Abies) 

 included A. Excelsa, A. Pectinata, A. grandis (in the first the 

 cones stand erect). The Norwegian fir (A. excelsa, Christmas 

 tree) still maintains the habit it acquired in its northern home 

 of drooping branches to let the snow slide down, otherwise 

 the weight of the mass would cause the branches to snap. 

 Among the spruces (Picea) were conspicuous P. nigra and P. 

 pungens glauca (blue spruce). The foliage has a tinge of 

 cobalt, a shade almost unique among trees. An American 

 millionaire is said to have given an immense sum to have a 

 plantation transferred from the forest to his private park. In 

 the spruces the cones droop. The oak (Quercus) was repre- 

 sented by Q. Aegilops (the cups used for tanning) and Q. cerris. 

 The Japanese larch is a graceful tree. Among the Araucaria 

 were noted A. imbricata (monkey puzzle), A. Cunninghami 

 (hoop pine), A. Bidwilli, the Bunya Bunya of the Great Divid- 

 ing Range in Queensland. The Gingko biloba (the maidenhair 



