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acorns in prepared beds. A light covering of straw or fern 

 will ^protect from the frost any nuts that may germinate 

 during the winter. Another plan is to pack the seed in 

 sacks or boxes during the winter, taking the precaution to 

 mix with the nuts double their bulk of dry earth. Keep 

 in a cool place and sow next Spring (or earlier if germina- 

 tion sets in). Treat afterwards in the same way as described 

 for Oaks. 



Juglans Sieboldiana. JAPANESE WALNUT. 



This may be tried at lower elevations near the coast and! 

 in non-limestone soil, where the common Walnut fails. 



Juniperus bermudiana. PENCIL CEDAR of Bermuda 



Quite as valuable as the American tree, and better 

 adapted to the coast districts of the Colony, where it rapidly 

 runs up to a straight tall tree with a growth about two- 

 thirds that of the ( luster- pine. It is one of the largest trees 

 in the Botanic Gardens at Cape Town. Its growth there is 

 decidedly more vigorous than that of Juniperus virgmiana. 

 The wood of this tree is indistinguishable from the Pencil- 

 cedar of commerce. In the Bermuda Islands the Cedar and 

 its scented wood are met with everywhere : it is the only 

 tree that attains any size. Its natural reproduction is 

 described as being good. There are no mountains in the 

 Bermudas, but Baron F. von Mueller states that it grows 

 up to 6,000 ft. on the mountains of Jamaica. Succeeds at 

 Johannesburg. In Bermuda the wood is considered 

 imperishable, and there are boats built of it nearly one 

 hundred years ago without an unsound plank in them. 

 The climate of Bermuda is semi-tropical and warmer than 

 any part of Cape Colony. It has a moderate rainfall but 

 damp winds that blow across the Gulf Stream loaded 

 with moisture. 410 berries containing 920 seeds of 

 J. bermttdianv go to the ounce. 



Juniperus virginiana, PENCIL CEDAR of North America, 



A native of North America, where it is widely distributed. 

 Will probably prove hardy over wide areas in Cape 



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