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plants that thrive in swamps and those that grow in rocky or sandy 
places. Few regions of the whole earth have not here their repre- 
sentatives. 
Still more impressive than these plain facts is a walk in the garden 
itself in early spring, when the great variety of foliage shows itself 
to perfection. There is a yellow-green just appearing in the decidu- 
ous oaks and maples in the midst of the jungle of tropical evergreen 
tees with their glossy dark green foliage, and in sharp contrast to 
both are the gray phyllodial leaves of the Australian wattles, and 
such plants as Colletia cruciata, or the thin gray foliage of the lofty 
Melaleucas and eucalyptus trees. Tree yuccas and tall.dracaenas 
thrust their swordlike leaves through the soft sprays of the conifers. 
The date palms grow here vigorously and sometimes show a curious 
adornment of climbing ivies, while northern ferns and blossoming 
herbs grow in the axils of their fallen leaves. One such palm on close 
observation showed a score of young seedling maples that had taken 
Toot on the trunk of the tree, and had already passed their first sum- 
mer Successfully. Beside the maples, there were on the same tree 
trunk raspberries, grasses, geraniums, Cotyledon umbilicus, fumitory, 
Masterwort, and perennial ferns, forming a most friendly and thriving 
community. 
On superficial view of the trees there seems little variation from 
formal habit, but there is one tendency so strongly developed here 
that it seems to be climatic. Many trees develop root-shoots and 
‘routs from the old wood of the trunks. This is conspicuous in the 
conifers and palms, where it is certainly an exception to the usual 
habit of the groups. Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana has, besides the 
main trunk, four prominent ones given off just at the ground line, 
and they are conspicuously large and well-developed, the main trunk 
ing 172°™ in circumference, and the others 56, 45, 40, and 40°. 
Araucaria Cunninghamia has four bushy shoots about sms from 
the base of the trunk. Some specimens of Pinus canariensis are 
Clothed to the ground with filmy shoots, recalling the habit of many 
American elms (fig. 1). No other pine with which I am familiar 
this habit except P. rigida, which frequently exhibits it in regions 
Subject to forest fires. : 
One Specimen of Cry ptomeria japonica has a remarkable habit 
