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Callitris cupressoides . BERG CYPRESS, 



A small straight-growing tree usually found outside the 

 timber forests, from sea-level upwards in the Western dis- 

 tricts and Knysna, but only above 2,000 feet in the 

 Eastern districts. Wood good, somewhat resembling the 

 Clanwilliam Cedar, but less strongly scented, and hardly 

 ever obtained large enough for sawing. In the Zonder 

 End forests a tall slender tree growing in the dense ever- 

 green forests. Before these forests were destroyed it was 

 used for cooperage, &c. A tree of some size also in certain 

 of the Drakensburg forests. It is easily raised from seed, 

 but scarcely worth planting except in cold, wet localities. 



Calodewdron capense. CAPE CHESTNUT, 



A partial leaf-shedder. The botanical name of this tree 

 means literally u The beautiful tree of the Cape " ; and it 

 merits the attention of tree-planters perhaps more than any 

 other native tree. The chestnuts are easily collected and 

 grow without trouble into vigorous young trees. Choose a 

 good soil and provide a little shade and moisture during the 

 Summer. The Cape-chestnut is a partial leaf-shedder a 

 rare quality in a native tree, and of course a slow grower, 

 like all the oth^r native trees. It -occurs in sheltered kloofs 

 from Cape Town along the coast to Knysna. It is only 

 found in the lower Knysna forests. In the Eastern forests 

 it is much commoner, and there begins to ascend the 

 mountains, where it is found through the Transkei, Natal, 

 and on to the tropics. Its masses of pink flowers come 

 into bloom about Christmas. It has a white close-grained 

 wood ; not particularly valuable. 



Castanea vesca. EUROPEAN CHESTNUT. 



A leaf-shedder. A very profitable tree to plant on a 

 good soil and in cool situations free from drought. There 

 are a quantity of trees that bear well at Fern wood, New- 

 lands, near Cape Town. Eear and plant as described for 



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