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There is one called the A. Bidwellii, or m its more 

 homely circles the Bunya Bunya, a name which we 

 owe to the euphonious sources of an Australian 

 aboriginal, or black fellow, lingo. It is a tree that 

 sports enormous cones, carries length}' leaves, and 

 bears in some respects a resemblance to certain 

 long-leaved Yew varieties. There is another called 

 the A. Cunninghamii, of more particularly littoral 

 and tropical Queensland fame, which bears leaves of 

 Cryptomeria resemblance. 



Another variety called the Norfolk Island Pine 

 (A. Excelsa), which is fast becoming quite a common 

 corner-window side-show in many English homes, is 

 a plant that ever wears a wistful look, and seems to 

 plead for indoor life in winter-time. 



Then there is its variety — A. Goldieana from New 

 Caledonia, A. Rulei, A. Cookii, A. Balansse, all from 

 the same equatorial and tropical quarters. The 

 Agathis Australis, the Kauri Pine of New Zealand, 

 and presumabh^ the Cunninghamia from China, 

 belong to the same group, and there is yet another 

 Araucaria — one from South Brazil (A. Brasiliana) — 

 which about completes the list, so far, of these weird 

 curios of tree life, spectacular demonstration of 

 which we are denied in English outdoor gardens, and 

 in consequence opportunity of making observation 

 upon or exhibiting intelligent attitude towards them. 



There is a humiliating chapter in the life-history 

 of the Puzzle Monkey, but one which honesty compels 

 us to unfold, and in it there is written, in letters clear 

 and curt, that as a tree with us, by almost general 

 consensus of opinion, it has signally failed to acquire 

 merit, either in the eyes of the landscape gardening 

 fraternity or the silvicultural enthusiast. But even 

 if that be admitted, it cannot be denied that the 

 tree is possessed of certain originalities of character 

 that should render it an interesting study, even to 

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