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AilanthliS glandulosa. AILANTHTJS-or Tree of Heayen. 



A leaf-shedder. A tree with very large ash-like leaves 

 that smell unpleasantly. It has been used with little success 

 for replanting burnt forest at Knysna. It seems to thrive 

 best in districts where the summer is warm and the winters 

 cold. It requires a good soil, abundance of moisture, and 

 rarely gives good results in Cape Colony a failure which 

 is not a matter of much regret. Easily raised from seed or 

 suckers. In a congenial soil and climate this tree sends up 

 suckers like a Poplar, and is mistrusted in gardens for that 

 reason. It is a native of S.E. Asia, and seems to succeed 

 better in the brusque South East climates of Cape Colony 

 than in the more equable South West. A species of silkworm 

 (Attacus Cynthia) feeds on the leaves of this tree. 



Alnus glutinosa. ALDER. 



A leaf-shedder. The common European forest tree. 

 Eequires a moist, damp situation ; gives a soft useful wood 

 of a brown colour ; very commonly used for making cigar 

 boxes. It has long been naturalized in Cape Colony, along 

 the borders of streams. Only in such situations is it worth 

 planting, and then doubtfully. 1 ounce of seed averages 

 16,250 grains. 



Araucaria excelsa. NORFOLK ISLAND PINE. 



A Pine only in name. This graceful tree succeeds best 

 in warm situations where there is plenty of water, as at 

 Uitenhage : a great favourite on lawns where its curiously 

 symetrical growth sets off other foliage. Kaised from seed 

 or layers. Fertile seed is difficult to obtain, and yet there 

 are one or two trees near Cape Town that not only seed 

 well but produce a crop of self -sown seedlings. These are 

 isolated trees, so there is no question of fertilization from 

 another tree. Many of the nurserymen's trees are raised 

 from layers. Seedling trees are preferable. There are 

 some fine trees in the Cape Peninsula, but they are liable 

 to be injured by a black scale. There are conspicuously 

 fine trees at Madeira. Cape trees appear to produce a 

 useful timber. 



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