396 SELECTIONS FOR UP-COUXTRY 



A. longifolia. (Long-leaved). "Sydney Golden Wattle." 

 A small spreading tree, very ornamental when in blossom, viz., 

 during February to March, and July to August, the flowers being 

 pale-yellow. 



A. -pycnantha. (Dense-flowered). "Golden Wattle" or 

 "Broad-leaved Wattle." A medium-sized tree, with undivided 

 leaves (phyllodes), native of Southern Australia. Very ornamental 

 during the dry season, when it bears masses of yellow blossom. 

 It has flowered in Hakgala Gardens when only two or three 

 years old. For tanning purposes, its bark ranks as one of the 

 most valuable of Wattle-barks. 



Callistemon lanceolata. (Myrtaceae). Bottle-brush Tree. A 

 small tree with stiff, narrow leaves, native of Australia. It blossoms 

 all the year round, but chiefly after the rains, when its scarlet 

 flowers, crowded on spikes of the old wood in the form of a brush, 

 are very attractive. Propagated by seed, which are very minute 

 and should be sown in pots. 



Calophyllum Walkeri. (G 1 1 It i ferae). "Kina," S. This is the 

 familiar mountain "Kina" of Ceylon, a large handsome tree with 

 stiff coriaceous leaves, bearing from January to April a profusion 

 of pinkish-white, sweet-scented flowers. It is of slow growth, and 

 is propagated by seed. 



Elaeocarpus glandulifera. (Tiliaceae). A medium-sized tree, 

 very handsome when in blossom, being then literally covered with 

 racemes of creamy-white flowers. 



Eucalyptus ficifolia. (Myrtaceae}. Scarlet-flowering Gum 

 Tree. A small tree, native of South- West Australia, perhaps the 

 most showy of the Eucalyptus family. VON MUELLER mentions it as 

 worthy of cultivation for the sake of its magnificent trusses of 

 crimson flowers, irrespective of its claims as a shade or avenue 

 tree." 



Hymenosporum flavum. (Pillosporaceae). A small tree of 

 Eastern Australia, introduced about 1882 into Hakgala Gardens, 

 Ceylon, where it is now well established. It bears during the dry 

 weather a profusion of small pale-yellow flowers. Propagated 

 by seed. 



Meliosma Arnottiana. (Sab/aceae). A moderate-sized tree, 

 indigenous to the montane zone of Ceylon; it bears a profusion of 

 creamy-white flowers in April, being deciduous in January. DK. 

 TRIMEN said of it : "A great ornament to the montane forests when 

 covered with its sheets of cream-coloured blossoms." 



