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Grasses also appear in the form of Bamboos, as the most graoe- 

 ful of trees ; BauMnias, Bignonias, and Aroideous plants cling 

 round the trees like enormous cables; Orchidaceous plants 



and BromeUas overrun their limbs, or fasten themselves to 

 them when prostrated by the storm, and make even their dead 

 remains become verdant with leaves and flowers not their own." 



AEAUCAEIA EXCELSA, OB NOEEOLK ISLAND PINE. 



The Norfolk Island Pines, forming the subject of our engrav- I Sydney Botanical Gardens, and are supposed to be the largest 

 ing, may be said to be the great feature of the delightful | in Sydney. The foremost one in the picture is estimated at 





AEAUCAEIA EXCELSA IN SYDNEY BOTANIC GAEDENS 



104 feet in height, 30 feet in circumference of the trunk on 

 the level of the ground, and 30 feet at the extreme end of the 

 lower branches, which are each about equal in length from 

 the trunk. The time when this monarch of the gardens was 



planted is uncertain, but it is evident it was done at the very 

 first settlement of the colony. There are other trees of this 

 class in the gardens, as well as in many private enclosures, all 

 of which appear in a flourishing condition, but none others 



