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Prunus amygdctlus. ALMOND. 



A leaf-shedder. Though usually a small fruit tree, the 

 Almond will grow to the size of a timber tree under irriga- 

 tion in the Karoo. It is easy everywhere to raise and 

 transplant the young trees. Sow the stones fresh from the 

 tree and most of them will come up the following spring. 



Ptaeroxylon utile. SNEEZEWOOD. 



This tree, Cape Cedar and Stinkwood are the three 

 most valuable woods in the indigenous forests of South 

 Africa. Shading and great care are required to propagate 

 Stinkwood : sound seed is almost unobtainable. Sneeze- 

 wood, however 3 is easily raised like Gums. It is confined 

 naturally to the forests on the Eastern side of the Colony, 

 but seems to succeed fairly as a planted tree at Tokai and at 

 Ceres Koad. Every effort should be made to propagate 

 this very valuable tree. The wood, for durability, stands 

 in the first rank, along with Jarrah and Greenheart, and is 

 practically imperishable. It has been put in the ground 

 like a stone, and dug out 50 years afterwards untouched 

 by decay. 1 ounce of clean seed averages 2,650 grains. 



Punica grtmcufawn. POMEGRANATE, 



A leaf-sheclcler. A good strong hedge near the coast. Its 

 dense vigorous growth renders it the best of all screens. On 

 the Karoo and in the dry interior generally it is quite unsur- 

 passed for beauty and shelter. It stands severe frost and 

 considerable drought when once established. At Kenil worth, 

 Kimbeiiey. there is a remarkable Pomegranate hedge. 



Pyrus Cyclonia. QUINCE, 



A leaf-shedder. The most generally useful and profit- 

 able of all hedge plants. Easily raised from slips, the only 

 trouble being watering during the first summer. It soon 

 grows into a strong hedge and bears fruit the third or 

 fourth year. The quality of the fruit depends greatly on 

 the soil and watering. The Quince hedges of the village 

 of Kobertson are famous. Cattle devour it greedily. 



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