TIIK FARM HOLDING. 



Wattles recommended for groves for shelter are A. cultri/brmis ; A.aneura 

 (the Mulga),a fairly large and much-branched shrub ; and .1. Kempeana, also 

 a well-foliaged and much-branched wattle. 



The Northern Rivers. 



In very warm and moist .situations many trees can be recommended for 

 av( uucs that in other places could only lie used as specimen trees. For such 

 places Jacarandt ova 1 folia stands out as a charming tree for both foliage 

 and flower. The Ulawarra Flame Tree {Brachy chiton acerifolia) makes a tine 



contrast to the blue of the Jura rand". 



in wet places Melaleuca bucadendron makes an ideal streel tree. The 

 Native Teak (Flindersia australis) should be one of the first ; and the South 

 African Harpephylum caffrum makes one of the most dense and symmetrical 

 trees known. The several figs Ficus Benjamina (Weeping Fig); Ficus 

 Hillii (White-stemmed Fig); and Ficus Cunning hamii must also be 

 included. 



There are some handsome eucalypts suitable for street and road work on 

 the rivers. Spotted Gum (Eucalyptus maculata) and its variety citriodora 

 (the Lemon-scented Gum) are excellent, the latter, with its clean stem carry- 

 ing a well-shaped pyramidal head of pleasing foliage-making one of the best 

 of street trees. The Tallow-wood (E. microcorys) is hard to beat for shade 

 and ornamental planting. It can be pruned to any shape at any season of 

 the year. "When clothed with young growth the contrast with mature 

 foliage is as pleasing as the Eugenias at the same stage. E. planchoniana 

 will grow in bleak and rocky places near the ocean at these warm places, 

 and makes a pleasing tree of medium size. The Sydney Blue Gum (E. saligua) 

 makes a tall tree of a greyish colour, which for belting and grouping for 

 shelter is both ornamental and useful, and for the same purpose the following 

 acacias are useful : — 



A. aulacocarpa (Hickory Wattle) is quite distinctive; A.complanata makes 

 a small glabrous tree ; the pauciglandulosa variety of A. derm-vus is a 

 medium-sized tree with light soft foliage; nothing could be more ornamental 

 than a breakwind of A. podalyriaofolia (the Queensland Wattle), its quick 

 growth of mealy whiteness, its exceptionally free flowering, and the manner 

 in which it breaks away after severe pruning, making this species very 

 popular. 



The Native Coogera (Nephelium divaricatum) and the Tulip- wood (Har- 

 pidlia pendula) are equalled by none when fully grown. Such places as 

 Lismore, Byron Bay, and Grafton could be made the Riviera of Australia, 

 for the range of trees available is legion. The possibilities are such that if 

 the residents only realised them no place in Australia could catch them up 

 in aesthetic tree-planting. 



There may be a few trees named among the foregoing that nurserymen do 

 not stock in quantity, but generally no tree has been recommended that 

 cannot be procured. 



In many parts of Australia men have ruthlessly destroyed trees to make 

 room for other vegetation, for houses and highways. There is, however, a 

 growing tendency to preserve and replant ; and graziers are beginning to 

 realise that, apart from the beauty of the trees, the grateful shade they afford 

 is economically bene6cial to man and animals alike. 



It will be noted that most of the trees recommended are natives of 

 Australia. 



