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to the splendid oriental Pinns Nordmanniana of unusual celerity 

 of growth, to the Californian Cupressus macrocarpa, to Pinus 

 cephalonica from Mount Enos, which greatly resembles an 

 Araucaria, attaining a considerable height, and finally to the 

 straight stemmed Kaurie-pines, or Dammaras, which are repre- 

 sented by a magnificent species on the East coast of Australia 

 and others in New Zealand, East India and the Pacific Islands, 

 exquisitely adapted for avenue. Taxodium distichum (the North 

 American Swamp Cypress) is well qualified for surrounding the 

 margins of lagoons. 



Mr. Hyndman, of this city, who possesses great experience in 

 forming public plantations, has favoured me with a list of pines 

 practically known to him as recommendable for a general intro- 

 duction, and I have gladly appended his enumeration at the end 

 of this paper. 



For further information on the different trees alluded to on this 

 occasion, I beg to refer to the valuable and everywhere accessible 

 works of Loudon. 



In the selection of trees for avenue, evergreen kinds should, in 

 a winterless country, like ours, receive preference to deciduous 

 ones. New Zealand and the whole East coast of this continent 

 abound in splendid umbrageous forest-trees, for us most 

 easily obtainable. The Eucalypti, which are utterly wanting 

 in New Zealand exhibit in the coast tract of Eastern Australia 

 less of their otherwise vast prevalence in this continent, being 

 replaced by a great variety of trees with horizontal leaves, which 

 impart to their forests an appearance strikingly different to the 

 effect produced by the generally pendulous foliage of the Euca- 

 lyptus. In these woods our attention would be attracted by many 

 trees highly acceptable for shading our public promenades : for 

 instance several arborescent species of Grevillea (G. robusta, G. 

 Hillii, &c), the red Cedar (Cedrela Australis), several large 

 figtrees with leathery shining leaves, some beautiful sapindaceous, 

 meliaceous and myrtaceous trees, and arborent species of capparis, 

 Elaeocarpus, Alphitonia, Mappa, and other genera. The flame-tree 

 of Illawarra (Brachychiton acerifolium) of mapple-like habit and 

 adorned with brilliant blossoms can for the above purpose hardly 

 be surpassed, if planted on rich soil, unless great rapidity of growth 

 should be required. A variety of foreign Lauri might be associated 

 with the former, such as the evergreen species from North America 

 (Lauras Borbonia and L. Carolinensis) from the Canary Islands, 

 (L. Canariensis, foetens and Indica,) and the Champhor-tree from 

 Japan, and also the noble Lophostemon, Acmena, and our black- 

 wood Acacia (A. melanoxylon). Still, as a quick growing tree, the 



