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long have escaped the notice of Colonial tree-planters. 

 It is scarcely worth growing for its timber which resembles, 

 and is about as valuable as, the common Beech. 1 ounce 

 of seed averages 9,200 grains. 



Platanus orientalis. PLANE. 



A leaf shedder. Similar to the above but with leaves 

 smaller and more deeply lobed. These two species are so 

 much alike that it is sometimes impossible to distinguish 

 them. It would probably be more correct to regard them 

 as varieties of the same species. Vide Mathieu's " Forest 

 Flora." 



Podocarpus elongata. OUTENIdTJA YELLOWWOOD. 

 PodocaT'pus Thunbergii. TJPKIGHT YELLOWWOOD. 



In the indigenous forest the first of these two species 

 attains huge dimensions, and together the two Yellow woods 

 yield nearly all the large timber that comes from the forests 

 of the Colony. But both the Yellow woods are so slow- 

 growing that they have little interest for the tree-planter. 

 Neither does the Yellow wood grow well away from the 

 shelter and moisture of the forest. . Yellowwood seed is 

 easily obtained, and young trees raised. They require to 

 be well sheltered when young, and for some years after- 

 wards. In the indigenous forest there is generally a good 

 natural reproduction of Yellowwood, which is fostered by the 

 cultural operations of the Forest Department. There are 

 some plantations of Yellowwood in Natal, but none in Cape 

 Colony. 216 seeds or dry berries of Outeniqua Yellowwood 

 go to the ounce. 



Populus alba. WHITE POPLAR. 



A leaf- shedder. Grows everywhere in 8. Africa, but 

 only forms marketable timber on good soil in damp situa- 

 tions where the winters are cold. On farms at an elevation 

 of 4,000 to 6,000 feet trees with a clean bole of 60 feet are 

 met with. At low elevations it runs to scrub and becomes 



