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Pohutukawa {Metrosideros tomentosa) 



Titoki (Alectryoji e,i'celsuni) ... 



Tanekaha [PhyUodadu^ trichonianoides) 



Hoboheka {Aralia crassifolia) 



Mapan, red var. {2[yrsine, sp.) 



NYbauwliau 



Kahikatea {Dacrydmm excelsum) 



Karaka {Corynocarpus loivigata) 



Warengapirau (Olearia cunning Jiamii) 

 The average circumference of six puriri trees of twenty years growth, 

 taken 12 inches above the surface of the ground, is 2 ft. 9 in. 



As the puriri flourishes both on volcanic ;ind clay soils if not flat, and its 

 timber is durable and useful, I think that plantations of this tree wdll be 

 profitable on broken ground suitable only for planting. The puriri will bear 

 being made a pollard, which is an advantage. 



2. " On the Cultivation of Native Ti-ees," by D. Hay. 



(abstract.) 



Kauri Pine {Damiimra australis) is the largest and most useful of all the 

 New Zealand trees in a commercial point of view. 



The seed is produced fi*om a round cone, flattened at the apex, concealed 

 under thin smooth scales, rounded at the top. The seeds are flat and very 

 light, with a wing attached to each. The cone falls to the ground when ripe, 

 and owing to the great height it has to fall separates immediately it touches 

 the ground, or even before, in the latter case the seeds being often carried a long 

 distance by the wind. It vegetates soon after it falls, and will not bear to be 

 kept diy for any length of time, the seed being very difiicult to tnuisport on 

 this account. The seeds are interspersed among the decaying vegetable 

 matter, and many find a congenial soil in which to start into life. 



As the temperature of the bush is much warmer than that of the open 

 country it is but natural to suppose that a plant will not succeed when 

 removed from its natural habitat with all its roots entire inclosed in a ball of 

 earth, and planted in an open situation. Shortly after removal the leaves 

 assume a reddish hue, which is caused by evaporation from the cold wind and 

 strong mys of the sun. The proper method to remove young kauri seedlings, 

 not over six inches in height, is to take them up without bre^ikiug their tap 

 roots and transplant in a warm, but shady, situation within three or four 

 inches of each other, having the temperature nearly equal to that of the place 

 from which they were taken, and to keep them moist and shaded until they 

 start into growth. The same method must be applied to most species of our 

 native trees in order to insure success in lifting. By the above method I 



