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which carried off about 25 feet of the top. The stump 

 was trimmed, and a new leader was speedily produced, 

 which eventually restored the symmetry. 



Araucaria excelsa (Norfolk Island Pine), a native of 

 Norfolk Island, according to Smith (Records, p. 66), 

 introduced to Kew from New South Wales in 1793, by 

 Governor Phillips (first Governor of New South Wales). 

 The necessity for providing adequate accommodation for 

 this and other striking plants led to the erection of the 

 Temperate House, to which they were transferred in 

 1863. The habit of the specimen at Kew, which is now 

 more than a century old, is a good deal altered (and 

 perhaps improved) by the pruning necessary to keep it 

 within bounds, even in its present position. 



Kew, March, 1896. 



