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to the collie, “ Glen, go and fetch Dora.” She darted off, rushed close past the 
retriev'er and turned round in front of her. She at once without the slightest 
hesitation turned also, and followed my friend. I can vouch for the truth of this 
statement, because I have seen Glen do as I have described. 
IVeybn'dge. Z. P. Smith. 
Climate and Trees. — As an instance of the effect of climate upon naturally 
deciduous trees, I may mention that in a bush garden in the Calder district. 
Table Cape, on the north-west coast of this island, there is an apricot tree 
which kept several dozen of its leaves quite fresh and green through last winter, 
and on through the summer, so that those branches on which the leaves are 
growing are really evergreen. The tree is a young one, about three years old, 
from a Melbourne nursery, and is placed against tlie north or sunny wall of a 
wooden house. Apple trees, also, in the same district retain many of their leaves 
in a green condition far into the winter, evidencing the great mildness of the 
climate. 
IVdratah, Ml. Bischofi, Tasmania. H. S. Dove. 
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