THE CORDATTALBS 



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reminds us of that of modern Araucarias (Monkey- 

 Puzzles and Kauri Pines) ; and it is declared by specialists 



Kg. 71. — Restoration of a Branch of Coedaites l«vis, SHOwura a 

 Laboe Bud and Cateinate Inflobesoenoes. 



in these matters that their nearest, yet solitary, living 

 representative is the Gingko, or Maiden-Hair tree, which 



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