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division. The figures were kindly supplied by Mr. Bruce. 
Judging by the stock plants used for propagating pur- 
poses, also by the appearance of the plants in both di- 
visions, the soil and conditions are extremely well suited 
for nursery purposes, as it would be difficult to find a 
healthier stock of plants. 
I trust you did not expect a full list of trees growing 
at Canberra. I have merely mentioned the princical ones 
noticed during a few hours’ tour around the City, nor is 
there time to describe the various features of the Federal 
Capital, nor to mention the many beautiful shrubs seen. 
Everything is on a large scale, there are miles of dwarf 
hedges taking the place of fences, and about 80 miles of 
City streets planted with trees and shrubs, also planta- 
tions of shelter belts, and sports grounds encircled with 
trees. The Government buildings (they really constitute 
Canberra) have large areas attached to them that are 
planted up with trees and shrubs, the six hotels built and 
owned by the Government, some of which are fully lic- 
ensed, and leased, all have spacious well kept surroundings. 
The Hotel Canberra alone has twelve acres of land laid 
out in lawns and flower beds, also shrubs and trees, tennis 
courts and bowling green. The planting of streets, reserves, 
sports grounds and school grounds, in fact, practically all 
tree and shrub planting in the city is carried out by the 
Parks and Garden Section, with Mr. Bruce as Superintend- 
ent under the Department of the Interior, and to date ap- 
proximately 734,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in 
the Canberra City District, and over 2,000,000 outside the 
City District, the latter include the Forestry plantations 
at Mount Stromlo already alluded to. On the establish- 
ment of the Australian School of Forestry, the plantations 
were handed over to the Forestry Department. 
The tree-planting schemes as carried out at Canberra, 
provide an object lesson to all interested in trees, and I 
suggest that a visit paid to the Fedaral Capital either in 
Spring when the many flowering plants are at their best 
and the deciduous trees clothed with new growth; or in 
the Autumn when they are producing glorious autumn 
tints, and berried plants provide a wealth of bright colours, 
will well repay visitors interested in plant life. 
VOLCANOES. 
(By W. H. Bryan, M.C., D.Sc.) 
(A Lantern Lecture to the Queensland Field Naturalists’ 
Club, given on the evening of 18th November, 1935.) 
Although we have no active volcanoes in Queens- 
land, we have abundant evidence of volcanic activity in 
