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together with the four Pitch Pines of the Gulf States of the United 

 States of America, P. australis, P. mitis, P. cubensis and P. taeda. 

 The Mexican and Chinese Pines remain for trial in the summer- 

 rainfall, high-plateau country Transvaal, Orangia, Basutoland, 

 Transkei and Natal. 



Cypresses : Junipers and Cedars generally. Trees of the genus 

 Cupressus, with their valuable Cedar-like durable timbers, have 

 naturally not escaped the notice of the Forest Department, but 

 their planting is somewhat restricted by considerations of expense. 

 They grow slowly, more especially at first, and are frequently costly 

 to establish. There are, however, extensive areas under Cypress 

 at Tokai, Ceres Road, Fort Cunynghame, and elsewhere in the 

 Government timber plantations. The Cypress that has been most 

 largely planted (and often out of its climatic habitat) is Cupressus 

 macrocarpa. This rapidly becomes a tree of much beauty. 

 Cupressus guadalupensis may almost be looked upon as the hardy, 

 drought-resistant form of C. macrocarpa. The planting of this 

 tree is rapidly extending. Quite equal to C. macrocarpa, however, 

 is C. lusitanica, which, under various names, has been extensively 

 planted throughout South Africa, and, judging from its natural 

 reproduction, it seems to have become naturalised in the Transvaal, 

 Natal and Cape Colony. C. goveniana, C. lindleyana, and C. torulosa 

 have also been planted to a less extent. 



Junipers. These trees yielding the Cedar of commerce have 

 naturally claimed the first attention in an extra- tropical country. 

 Juniperus virginiana has proved extremely hardy, but it seems too 

 slow-growing to produce timber economically, and the same is true 

 with regard to /. bermudiana, J. chinensis, J. mexicana. 



J . foetidissima and /. procera remain for trial on the plateau 

 country. I have lately received from Dr. Perez seed of the almost 

 extinct Juniperus cedrus of the Canaries. Altogether there are 

 some fifteen or twenty Junipers under trial in the Government 

 plantations of the Cape and the Transvaal. 



Cedrus. Cedrus deodar a is being planted on a large scale in the 

 Transvaal, where it shows an excellent growth. 



Taxodium. T. dystichum has given but poor results, even on 

 swampy ground, in Cape Colony. It promises better in the Trans- 

 vaal. The Mexican T. mucronatum awaits seed for trial planting 

 in the Transvaal. 



Callitris. Eight or ten Australia species are under trial. C. 

 robusta and C. calcarata seem the most promising. 



Cedrela. Several species are under cultivation in the warmer 

 summer-rainfall climates, but the proper testing of this most valu- 

 able genus of all the Cedars has as yet scarcely begun. 



Wattles. The so-called Wattles of Australia belonging to 

 various species of Acacia form an extremely valuable forest resource. 

 Their exact utility lies in the production of tan bark and in their 

 rapid and early yield of small wood for fuel. Of the Wattles 

 planted, the best known are the Black Wattle in Natal (described 

 under " Natal ") and the plantations of Acacia saligna and A. 



