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TRIBE III. 

 Salisburia adiantifolia The Maidenhair Tree. _ 

 This handsome tree, with its large fern-like leaf (as 

 the name implies), has flowers resembling those of the 

 common Berberry and a small acid fruit, it is, unfortu- 

 nately, rarely met with, though I am informed that a 

 very fine specimen was cut down a few years ago in 

 the Government gardens on the Mahmoudieh Canal. 

 Taxus baccata, the English Yew, and T. fastigiata, the 

 Irish Yew, are seldom seen except as small specimens 

 in pots. 



TRIBE IV. PODOCARPE^E. 



Podocarpus Totara. A valuable, hard-wooded ever- 

 green tree of New Zealand, with small box-like leaves, 

 and of remarkably slow growth. A few large specimens 

 exist in the gardens near the canal at Alexandria, 

 and small plants in pots are offered for sale by the 

 local nurserymen. 



TRIBE V. ARAUCARIE.E. 



A genus of exceedingly handsome trees, very 

 ornamental when growing upon a lawn, where there is 

 ample space for the lower branches to develop. They 

 can be raised in sandy soil, from cuttings taken from 

 the half-ripe terminal side shoots ; but some species 

 will be found to strike more readily than others. The 

 commonest method adopted in Egypt for raising young 

 plants is, however, by means of seed, which must 

 have previously been impregnated by the male plant. 

 The seeds, which are contained in cones, should be 

 sown soon after ripening, as otherwise they quickly lose 

 their vitality. Sow each seed singly in small pots 

 filled with well-washed sand, and place in shelter undei 

 glass until it germinates. After the plants have made 

 a little growth, they should be plunged, with their 

 pots into the soil, in a half shady position, and potted 

 on until they become large enough to plant out per- 

 manently in the open ground. 



Araucaria excelsa. The Norfolk Island Pine. 



