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Metrosideros robusta (pohutukawa), Podocarpus spicata (matai), Vesodaphne 
taraire. The above are a few of the largest forest trees, and those which are 
most useful as articles of commerce. There are many of the soft-wooded 
species which might be introduced with advantage, and also act as nurses to 
the hard-wooded varieties. It would also be advisable to intersperse among 
the trees at convenient distances a few of the hardy American or European 
pines, both for shade and shelter to the permanent trees. They can easily 
be cut out as the others advance in growth. 
As regards the growth of our native trees it is very difficult to arrive at a 
given standard, because we have to take into consideration the soil, aspect, 
and situation. Trees of the same genera and species planted in opposite 
aspects, and in different soils, will not attain to the same growth in one year. 
In alluvial deposits trees make more growth in a given period than those 
planted on more exposed situations. About ten years ago I planted on rather 
a poor sandy soil a rimu and a lance-wood; the plants were about one 
foot in height, with very little protection ; they are now both flourishing 
remarkably well, each being about twelve feet in height, so that they have on 
an average grown a little more than one foot each season since planted. 
Dammara australis (kauri).—I have had young plants after being estab- 
lished grow about one foot in a season in a sheltered situation. 
Podocarpus totara (totara) is about the best of all our New Zealand trees 
to establish, as it generally grows on the most exposed situations in the bush. 
I have had young plants after being established for one year make a growth 
of two feet the following season. The average growth is from twelve to 
eighteen inches. The totara does not require so much shade as many of the 
other varieties of native trees. 
Dacrydium cupressinum (vrimu).—The most graceful of the New Zealand 
trees, succeeds best in a rich but rather moist soil. Young plants in a 
sheltered situation make about one foot in a season. 
Podocarpus dacrydioides.—A very lofty tree, 150 feet high ; wood white, 
soft ; grows in low swampy ground. Young plants are easy to establish, and 
grow about eighteen inches in a season. 
Phyllocladus trichomanoides.—A slender tree, attaining a height of about 
sixty feet ; wood white, close grained ; not a very fast growing variety. Bark 
used for dyeing purposes. 
Fagus, sp.—Lofty and handsome trees, attaining to a height of from 
80 to 100 feet ; well adapted for planting in higher altitudes. Young plants 
make a foot of young wood in a season. 
Vitex littoralis (puriri).—A large and handsome tree, 50 to 60 feet high ; 
trunk 20 feet in girth; wood very hard. The foliage is large, and of a 
_ beautiful bright green colour ; flowers bright red. The flat symmetrical form 
