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an annual pruning, but after a few years they form bushy 
trees. This also applies to the Kurrajongs, Brachychiton 
diversifolium , that after being cut back in the same way 
a few times form nice bushy topped trees. 
Robinia pseudo -acacia, the false Acacia, is quite at 
home; it is rather thorny but produces racemes of sweet- 
scented white flowers. 1 have seen this tree growing on 
the Darling Downs (Queensland), but it often becomes a 
nuisance by suckering freely. The Salix or Willow family 
do well. Salix Babylonica , the Weeping Willow, is in 
great form along the Molongo River and other moist 
places. Salix sacromenta that forms a nice compact tree, 
thrives well, and I also noticed Salix rubra, the Pussy Wil- 
low, doing well. Some of the Casuarinas or She Oaks are 
being used, chiefly Casuarina Cunninyhami and C. glauca. 
Taxodium distichum , the Virginian Swamp Cypress, is 
also being grown; this graceful American conifer does 
remarkably well in Melbourne, fine plants are also to be 
seen in the Rockhampton and Brisbane Botanic Gardens 
indicating it is not at all fussy about climate. 
Cercis siliquastrum , the Judas or Love Tree, is small 
in growth, and a flowering plant of great beauty , the 
foliage at first glance is not unlike that of the Lauhinia, 
but with the centre division of the leaf lacking. The 
flowers are pinkish purple, there are also other forms with 
flesh coloured and white flowers. Syringa vitlgare, the 
Lilac, is another fine flowering plant of the Spring, but is 
really perhaps a large shrub. Arbutus unedo, the so- 
called Strawberry Tree, also known as the Irish Straw- 
berry Tree, should be noted; it is indigenous to the west 
of Ireland and South Europe, the foliage is dark green, 
and its white flowers are borne on terminal clusters, but 
the chief beauty is the scarlet fruit, with very much the 
appearance and shape of medium-sized strawbeiries , 
plants seen at Canberra were both flowering and setting 
the fruit freely. The bright scarlet fruit remain on the 
tree for long periods and provide a fine effect. A visit 
to the Yarramula Nursery with an area of about 20 acres 
under cultivation, under the guidance of Mr. Bruce, was 
an interesting experience. The nursery is in two divisions, 
the Pot Section where most of the Conifers and other evei- 
green trees and shrubs are raised, and the open gioun 
section where thousands of deciduous trees and shrubs are 
grown. The plants from the latter section are handled 
m winter, before the new Spring growth commences. T e 
stock of plants in nursery in March, 1934, was approxi- 
mately 77,000 of this number slightly over 38.000 were in 
the open ground section, and nearly 39,000 in the po 
