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as well as Casuarina leptoclada at Knysna. Baron von 

 Mueller, in " Select Extra-tropical Plants/' describes the 

 wood as tough, and the tree as attaining a height of 70 feet. 



Catalpa speciosa. CATALPA. 



A leaf-shedder. Grows like the Poplars from slips, and 

 in similar situations, but requires less water. It must, 

 however, have a rich soil, and does best where the winters 

 are cold. The wood is valuable. It is not only light and 

 easily worked like Poplar, wood but is durable out of 

 doors. In America it is used for railway sleepers without 

 being creosoted. It does no good on the poor soils and 

 in the mild winters of the S.W. districts, but succeeds under 

 irrigation at Oudtshoorn and in the Karoo, and in rich 

 forest soil at Kynsna. Its large broad leaves are easily 

 torn by the wind, and for this reason it requires a sheltered 

 situation. 1 ounce of seed averages 1,650 grains. 



Cedrus deodora. DEODAR. 



One of the grandest of trees in its home on the 

 Himalayan mountains. Fairly grown specimens can be 

 seen in gardens in the Cape Peninsula. But it only grows 

 vigorously in Cape Colony on elevated situations where the 

 soil is rich. Provided it is watered it does well in the 

 Karoo and northwards. It is useless to attempt to plant it 

 in the ordinary poor soil of the mountains or on low hot 

 plains. The finest specimens I have seen were growing on 

 the Katberg mountain in the rich soil of burnt forest. 



This tree scarcely differs from the Algerian Cedar, a 

 native of the mountains of N. Africa growing in a zone 

 between 4,000 feet and 5,000 feet where the snow lies for 

 five months out of the year. (Mathieu.) 



Cedrela australis. AUSTRALIAN CEDAR. 



Not a true Cedar, but a valuable timber tree of N.S, 

 Wales and Queensland. It is a partial leaf-shedder, and 

 \rell worthy of extended cultivation here in damp warm 

 localities with abundant summer rains. Very slow-growing 



