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We have no grand Arboretum in Australia, and the foundation 

 of the Federal City gives us the opportunity of establishing one 

 that should be fully availed of. This would be of ornamental 

 appearance and of great interest to the average citizen ; it would 

 also be of high value from an educational point of view. The 

 growth of timber trees here would be a matter of deep interest to 

 the Forest Departments of the different States, which would 

 probably join to partly or entirely support it. 



Mr. Alexander Oliver has suggested a geographical arrangement 

 of trees in the large urban or suburban plantations, an excellent 

 idea that has much to commend it. But I am very anxious to 

 see the trees, in such plantations, arranged in Natural Orders also. 

 For example, what a grand and useful thing a Pinetum would be 

 — when we could get every species of Pine (with other Conifers 

 adjacent) we could secure and compare their growth. The Oak 

 plantations, collected from species indigenous to the United States 

 and Mexico, from Europe, from the Himalayan region and from 

 China and Japan, could become a feature in the Federal City 

 that would attract many pilgrims. The cost would not be great 

 and the economic lessons would be important, and we must let 

 these two points always be with us in regard to the city, otherwise 

 the Federal expenditure will be unduly inflated. 



Personally I only plant young trees, — so, if my advice were 

 followed special lines of trees could be raised from seeds or cuttings 

 while the surveyors were putting in their pegs. 



I was much struck with the model village of Port Sunlight 1 in 

 England, where there are allotment gardens at the backs of blocks, 

 the houses being arranged in a more or less quadrangular method 

 for the purpose. Here is a hint for such gardens at the backs of 

 blocks in the town lots for workmen in the Federal City. 

 Incidentally let me commend the neat, pretty and various domestic 

 architecture at Port Sunlight, much of which could be introduced, 

 with but little alteration into the Federal or other Australian city. 

 I show you photographs in order that you may see how light and 

 1 The creation of Lever Brothers and Company. 



