April, 1936. The Queensland Naturalist 
101 
strictly deciduous and provide light coloured, creams and 
light yellow autumn tint. No list of trees would be com- 
plete without the Beech and Birch being mentioned, Be- 
tula populifolia or Betula Riba as it is called sometimes, 
is the White or Silver Birch, forms a very attractive tree, 
the silvery bark on trunk and main branches is a notice- 
able feature, and the populus-like foliage is bright and 
shining. The Fagus or Beech is also planted, one of the 
most striking of this family is a form of the European 
Beech, Fagus sylvatica , with purplish foliage, and known 
as the Copper Beech. I saw fine specimens both on the 
Dandenong and Macedon Ranges in Victoria, but the 
plants at Canberra were not happy, making only fair 
growth. Mr. Bruce informed me he had been disappointed 
with its growth so far ; it may be the climate is too dry, 
or that the trees require more shelter. The same remarks 
apply to Rhododendrons, but the trouble here is more 
likely to be lack of shelter, which will be remedied when 
the conifers have grown larger. 
Ilex aquilif olium , the English Holly, does fairly well, 
some fine plants are to be seen, possibly it would do even 
better with a moister climate judging by what I saw grow- 
ing on the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It is esti- 
mated there are 153 varieties of this beautiful red-berried 
plant that have been described. The true Ash, Fraxinus , 
thrive well ; one I noticed was Fraxinus sambucifolia, also 
known as F. nigra , the Black Ash. Fraxinus trees have 
pinnate leaves that provide fine autumn tints; other species 
grown are Fraxinus earoliniana , the American Water Ash, 
and Fraxinus oxycttrpa a South European kind. 
I must not overlook the Eucalypts. Eucalyptus glo- 
bulus , the Tasmanian Blue Gum, seems quite at home, and 
some fine trees may be seen. E. Maideni , that comes very 
near the Tasmanian species botanically, being in its native 
region, naturally does well. Eucalyptus rubida is prob- 
ably the gum that has been most freely planted, indigen- 
ous in Southern N.S.W. and Northern Victoria, and known 
in many districts as Candle Bark ; it is compact in growth 
and the bark on trunk and main branches has beautiful 
tones of silver and brown, that contrast well with the 
drooping foliage, also against the dark green of conifers. 
T am looking forward to obtaining plants of this and 
several other species for the Sherwood Arboretum, Bris- 
bane. Many other Eucalypts are grown, such as E. cin- 
crea, E. melliodora ■, E. maculosa, E. viminalis , E. Smithii, 
E. Macarthurii, and E. tereticornis. . Our old friend, the 
Silky Oak, Grevillea robust a , thrives fairly well, although 
with frequent frosts in winter the tops are cut back, like 
