By Sir DANIEL MORRIS, K.C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc., D.C.L., 



F.L.S. 



IN a study of the Trees and Shrubs in cultivation 

 along the South Coast of England it is 

 recognised how largely the Southern hemi- 

 sphere has been drawn upon for some of the 

 richest of the botanical and horticultural 

 treasures of our parks and gardens. Among 

 these possibly the most interesting are those 

 of Australian origin. 



Australia, as is well known, is a vast 

 island continent in the southern hemi- 

 sphere. It is about three -fourths the size of Europe. 

 Amongst geologists it is regarded as presenting, probably, 

 the oldest land surface on the globe, and both its native 



