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and the yew family. The most conspicuous objects among 
the former are the araucarias, which take the place in the 
southern hemisphere of the pines in the north; Araucaria 
brasiliana and A. Bidwillit are prominent among these; 
the common Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria excelsa) is 
shown in several large specimens. ‘To the right of this, 
across the path, will be found specimens of the New Zea- 
land flax (Phormium tenax), and on one of the trellises in 
the rear is a vigorous plant of the Cherokee rose. To the 
left, a little beyond the pine family, is the myrtle family; 
prominent in this is a group of the gum-trees of Australia 
and Tasmania (Eucalyptus); these trees occur in large 
forests, and sometimes attain a height of 200 to 400 feet. 
A large specimen, some ten or twelve feet tall, of the bottle- 
brush tree (Callistemon citrinus) will be (ound here; the 
red flowers are borne in long cylindric clusters, auch re~ 
sembling a common bottle-brush, whence the popular 
name. In the corner to the right is a specimen of the 
camphor tree (Cinnamomum Camphora), from which the 
camphor of commerce is derived. Opposite the camphor 
tree is a group containing the common garden camelia, 
and the important commercial plant, Thea sinensis, from 
which is obtained our beverage tea; black and green teas 
are obtained from the same plant, the difference in color 
being due to the method of preparation; the tea plant is 
extensively cultivated in many warm and tropical countries, 
tea as a beverage having been used by the Chinese from 
time immemorial; its first introduction into Europe is said 
to have been by the Dutch in 1610. Further along to the 
left, beyond the group of Australian acacias, of which 
there are many specimens, are several plants of the fig tree 
(Ficus Carica), from which the edible figs are secured; 
the leaves drop off in winter, and so for a short time the 
plants are placed elsewhere. Here also is a group of ole- 
anders; a poisonous principle occurs in the flowers and 
leaves of these plants, and especially in the bark. A plant 
of great economic importance in the olive family is the olive 
