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uniformly successful results. Further trial is necessary in 

 the Karoo aud inland plantations. As a nursery tree no 

 cypress is more easy to raise. 



Cupressws torulosa. HIMALAYAN CYPRESS. 



This is the noble tree of the dry eastern Himalayas, 

 growing at elevations from 6,000 ft. to 8,000 ft., one of 

 the largest of the Cypress tribe. In the Tokai nurseries it 

 grows with vigour, but when planted out the growth is 

 less promising. There is a heavy percentage of failures, 

 and the trees that remain never show the vigorous growth of 

 those in the Karoo and the plateau country of the interior. 

 This indeed is only what would be anticipated from the 

 tree's natural habitat. At Hanover it seems to be the most 

 vigorous- growing of all the Cypresses, and to be the har- 

 diest against frost. In 1898 it was untouched by 23 degrees 

 of frost. It has become naturalized on the Nilgiris in S. 

 India, lat. 11, elevation 7,000 ft., rainfall tropical and 

 heavy. At Kobertson it suffers from drought and hot 

 winds. It is probably somewhat tender to drought even at 

 its natural elevation. 



The wood is a first class timber of great value. 



THE GUMS OE EUCALYPTS. 



All gums are raised in the same way. Sow the seed in a 

 sandy soil, in Spring or up to Christmas, barely covering 

 the seed with, a sprinkling of sand or saw-dust, water 

 sparingly and shade till the seed has germinated : then 

 gradually take off shade and allow the young plants to 

 grow till they are from - an inch to 1 inch high, when it 

 is time to prick out into the boxes or tins where they are 

 to grow for the rest of the summer. 25 young Gums can 

 conveniently be pricked out into a parafine tin cut length- 

 ways, i.e., each parafine tin gives two shallow trays, and 

 each tray takes "26 plants. For railway carriage it may be 

 useful to remember that a tin of 25 gums ready to plant 

 weighs about 25 Ibs. The young plants are planted out in 

 the ground during the Winter rains in the West of the 

 Colony, during the Spring rains in the East. As has been 



