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a shrub, is placed here on record as desirable for in- 
troduction, because it grows on saline, desert flats, 
where any other conifers will not readily succeed. 
It may become important for coast cultivation. 
Frenela Macleayana, Parl.—New South Wales. A 
handsome tree of regular pyramidal growth, attain- 
ing a height of seventy feet ; the timber is valuable. 
Frenela verrucosa, A. Cunn.—Also several other 
species from Victoria and other parts of Australia are 
among the trees which may be utilized for binding 
the coast and desert sand. They all exude Sandarac. 
Ginkgo biloba, L. (Salisburia adiantifolia, Smith.) 
—Ginkgo-tree. China and Japan. <A deciduous fan- 
leaved tree, one hundred feet high, with a straight 
stem twelve feet in diameter. The wood is white, 
soft, easy to work, and takes a beautiful polish. The 
seeds are edible, and when pressed yield a good oil. 
Ginkgo trees are estimated to attain an age of three 
thousand years. 
Juniperus Bermudiana, L.— The Pencil Cedar of 
Bermuda and Barbadoes. This species grows some- 
times ninety feet high, and furnishes a valuable red 
durable wood, used for boat-building, furniture, and 
particularly for pencils, on accotint of its pleasant odor 
and special fitness. Many of the plants called Thuya 
or Biotia Meldensis, in gardens, belong to this species. 
Juniperus brevifolia, Antoine.—In the Azores up 
to four thousand eight hundred feet; a nice tree, with 
sometimes silvery foliage. 
Juniperus Cedrus, Webb.—A tall tree of the high- 
er mountains of the Canary Islands. 
Juniperus Chinensis, L.--In temperate regions of 
the Himalaya, also in China and Japan. This tree 
