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BIOTA O^IESTAijS.—Don. 

 (The Chinee Atborvitie.) 

 China and Japan. Grows ^i.ifi. Tiigh ; forms a dense pyramidal bush 

 of areat beauty. Suitable only for ireU-sheltered ornamental gronnds 

 in tiiis country. It delights in good, deep, sandy-loam %ils. 



CATALPA SPECI05A. 

 (The CaSalpa Tree.) 



Indigenous to the middle states of America, where it forms a large 

 tree of over 10C>fT. in height and from oft. to 4ft. in diameter at the 

 base. It is of remarkable celerity of groirth, almost equalling in tiiat 

 respect the fuco/yp/iM family. The leaxes are large and deidduous. The 

 timber is very durable, and is now lai^ly used for tel^rapb poles, rail- 

 way sleepers, fence posts, and for machinery construction. The writer 

 has a piece of timber in excellent preservation which had laiTi in the 

 ground for some sevenly-fiTe years. 



The tree is generally found on the banks of riTcrs, and in somewhat 

 swampy places. I. however, find it to do well here in all spots where the 

 soil is deep and the subsoil cooL Wbere the soil is deep, rich, and kept 

 constantly moist by percolation, and the site somewhat sheltered, it 

 STOWS Tery r^idly in this country. We have it in the Wirrabara Forest 

 over lOft. in height at eighteen months old. The tree has only latelv 

 been introduced to the forest reserves, and, so far, it shows to be a ereat 



Propagate from seed — which should be sowti in the spring, and the 

 plants transplanted out into the nursery rows one season before puttins- 

 out into the plantation. 



CEDBUS IiZ"DJiEA.— I:!.rf««. 

 (The DrC'iar, or Trnjian Cedar.' 



On the Himalava Mountains in India, at elevations ranging from 

 3,00(lft. to 12,000ft. above the sea. In these regions we find it inter- 

 mised with Ahies Smithiana. Pieea pindrotc. and Pinus longifolia. 



A majestic and finely-proportianed free. Foliage a light sparkling 

 green. If allowed plenty of room, throws out great lateral branches, 

 bending down and lying upon the ground. Sketch of young tree given 

 on opposite side. 



The timber is of a ligbt yellow color, close grained, agreeably scented, 

 light- extremely durable, well-resisting the vicissitudes of a variable 

 climate, and furnishes one of the best building timbers known. Pillars 

 of Kashmir Mosques of tliis wood are found sound after 400 years, and 

 bridges of ^^1 greater antiquity are in existence. White ants hardly 

 ever attack the heart wood. Boats built of this wood last forty years. 

 It is also used extensively for canal edges and for railways. (Barom F. 

 Yon MueHer.) 



The tree is not too particular as to the kind of soil in which it will 

 <rrow. It will thrive in both light and strong soils ; but these must 



