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ground of 6 feet 8 inches, it bears seeds in abundance and numb- 

 ers of plants have been reared from them, but the accounts of 

 them are rather conflicting, and it has not always been a success, 

 though a plant put out in the Gardens in 1884 is now about 

 40 feet in height, and has a girth at 5 feet from the ground of 

 3 feet 3 inches, but some trees planted at Lower Umzimkulu 

 in the same year are much larger than that. It is only suited 

 for the coast districts. 



Uedrela Toontt. The " Toon, tree of India. ' In the '" Guide " 

 to the trees in the Gardens published in 1897, it is stated that 

 this is a valuable timber tree, reaching 70 feet in height, one of 

 the best woods for furniture, and takes polish well. Durable 

 and not liable to attacks of white ants. Sometimes called 

 " Chittagong wood" or ''.Singapore Cedar*" Fruit and bark 

 used medicinally. This tree was planted in 1886. 



Aieurites triloba. " Candlebeiry tree " In my Report for 

 1899 I gave some information as to the yield of nuts from one 

 of tlnse trees in the Gardens, and stated that I had been 

 informed that they were worth for the oil contained in them 

 about £8. 0. 0. per ton. By the kindness of Messrs Steel Murray 

 & Co. a box of the nuts was sent to England and a report on 

 them obtained by that firm, but I regret to say that it was on 

 receipt found to be altogether unfavourable, in fact it was 

 stated that the nuts had no commercial value in England. I 

 was afterwards informed that this was a mistake, and that the 

 nuts were exported from Fiji, and other places in quantity for 

 the purpose of extracting the oil which was used for scap 

 making and other purposes, I therefore wrote to the Curator of 

 the Botanic Gardens at Fiji for information on the subject, and 

 his reply lately received is as follows : — " The tree grows here 

 " and all over the colony, but the nuts are not utilised in any 

 '" way to my knowledge, 1 think they were once tried but proved 

 "a failure" I think it most likely that the reason is that the 

 shell of the nut is so hard thai special machinery would be 

 required to break it without injuring the kernel, there is no 

 doubt but that the kernel contains a clear light coloured oil, a 

 sample bottle of which extiaeted in Durban was for some time 

 in my possession. The tree is a handsome one, and a quick 

 grower, and is worth cultivation as a shade tree, but I do not 

 think that it will succeed far from the coast. 



Citrus trees. — The demand for these trees still continues 

 unabated, and large numbers are being planted, not only in 

 Natal, but also in Transvaal and Rhodesia. By far the greater 

 number of the plants that we send out are grafted upon Lemon 



