498 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
ham discovered the Moreton Bay Pine in Queensland, and sent specimens 
to Kew, where one of the batch may still be seen; Aiton named it A. 
Cunninghamii in honour of the discoverer. Another Queensland 
species, the Bunya Bunya, was brought to England in 1846 by Mr. T. 
Bidwill of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, and named A. Bidwilli by 
Hooker. In 1851 A. Cookii was introduced from New Caledonia, and 
from the same island came A. Balanse in 1875. 
AraucaRIA BALANS& (Balansa’s). Trunk 130 to 160 
feet high, with plumy branches, and overlapping oval- 
triangular, curved leaves. Small specimens make beautiful pot-plants for 
the greenhouse. 
A. Brpwitin (Bidwill’s). Bunya Bunya. Trunk 150 feet high. 
Leaves leathery, oval-lance-shaped, curved, in two nearly horizontal 
rows. Cone as large as a man’s head. Greenhouse plant of very 
symmetrical habit. 
A. Cooxit (Cook’s). Trunk about 200 feet high. Leaves awl 
shaped, densely overlapping the branches. This species has the habit 
of shedding its lower branches when they have attained to a fair size, 
and replacing them by a smaller, more bushy growth. Also known as 
A. columnaris. Greenhouse. 
A. CUNNINGHAMIL (Cunningham’s). Moreton Bay Pine. Trunk 
about 100 feet high. Lower branches spreading horizontally, upper ones 
taking an upward direction. Leaves needle-shaped, somewhat square, 
rigid. There is a var. glauca, with silvery glaucous leaves. These are 
greenhouse plants, but the type is hardy near the south-west coasts of 
England. 
A. EXCELSA (lofty). Norfolk Island Pine. Trunk 150 feet high 
and 20 feet in circumference. Branches frond-like, horizontal or drooping. 
Leaves curved, needle-shaped, sharp-pointed, densely packed. This is 
the most desirable of the genus in a young state. There are several 
good varieties, of which the best are goldieana and sanderiana. Green- 
house or conservatory. Plate 235. 
A. IMBRICATA (overlapping). Monkey Puzzle, or Chili Pine. Trunk 
50 to 100 feet high. Branches spreading with downward tendency, but 
the tips ascending. Leaves oval-lance-shaped, leathery, stiff, somewhat 
keeled, sharp-pointed, concave, shining; in whorls, closely overlapping. 
Hardy. 
cs Young Araucarias are among the most graceful of 
those greenhouse plants that are cultivated for beauty of 
form apart from flowers. For this purpose it is best to keep up a 
succession of small plants in pots, which will also allow of their occasional 
Principal Species. 
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