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tice that the largest of them had the smallest and 
shortest branches and were crowned as it were at the 
top, by a spreading bush.” They sometimes attain to 
200 feet high. The young jilants are very handsome, 
and are largely sold as pot plants proj^agated from 
cuttings of the leading shoots. Specimens in south- 
ern California have grown to lOO feet high and borne 
cones. It has been planted north to San Francisco. 
On the moister parts of the Sandwich Islands and sev- 
eral other tropical stations it does well, while at St. 
Anne’s Botanic Garden, Trinidad, W. I., it is one of 
the few conifers they can grow. A. Cookii, from New 
Caledonia, has also borne fruit in southern California. 
This species often inclines instead of growing upright. 
Most of the xTraucarias seem to be in California gar- 
dens in a young state, and it is probable that many of 
them will find localities to suit them on that coast, x^. 
Bidwillii is from the mountains near Brisbane. A 
Balansae and A. Rulei Goldieana are from New Cal- 
edonia. A. Cunninghammi has a glaucous variety. 
Two or three newer kinds are from the Papuan xA.rch- 
ipelago. 
Agathis “dammar pines’’ have lo species described, 
but these are probably capable of reduction. They are 
found in New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, and 
the Pacific and Malayan Islands. They have six spe- 
cies in cultivation at Kew. Of these the “Kauri pine’’ 
A. australis, of New Zealand, may be reckoned the 
most hardy. It grows in its native country from 8o 
to sometimes 140 feet high. The timber is excellent 
and the trees produce the famous dammar resin, which 
is not only collected from the trees, but mined from 
the ground at great depths — even from the coal de- 
posits, I have heard — and from regions where no 
trees now exist. .A., loranthifolia, a Malayan species. 
vields a similar resin. The dammar pines have two 
cotvledones, fine straight stems, and opposite or alter- 
nate more or less broad, lanceolate, glaucous, leathery 
leaves with i)arallel veins. A few of these trees are 
in South California gardens, which vary somewhat. 
A YOUNG ARAUCARIA— A. IMBRICATA. 
and ma}' sometimes be of distinct species, but are prob- 
ably x\. australis. 
Selections from the foregoing genera with a few 
Podocarpeie, etc., will often be all the representation 
of the coniferales possible at the lower elevations of 
the tropics. J.wiES MacPhkrson. 
Seasonable 
Those who have potting to do between December 
and spring should get under cover a good supply of 
soil. If possible to mix manure with it as it is brought 
in, it is a good thing to do. 
Many of the gardeners of the old country who come 
here practice the forking up of spare ground in the 
fall which they intend for flowers the next season. It 
is thrown up in a rough state. By the time spring 
comes the frost has pretty well been all through it. 
This is the season to be getting" together lots of for- 
est leaves for the covering of plants. Placed over the 
ground, about the roots, to keep out frost, is one of 
the best of ways of protecting many plants. 
For planting under trees the common English ivy 
could often be planted to advantage. In such a position 
it will stand much further north than when it is cling- 
ing to a house, receiving more protection. Glechoma 
hederacea is another capital plant for such a situation. 
Suggestions. 
Before the winter sets in do not overlook planting 
the bulb beds. Set the bulbs three inches under 
ground and cover with a good coat of manure. This 
coat will be rotted by siiring", and may be permitted 
to remain. 
Before the advent of freezing weather, place a suf- 
ficient thickness of soil over recently set trees and 
shrubs to keep frost from penetrating to the roots. 
Remove it early in spring. 
What makes Clematis paniculata of so much value 
in addition to its beauty and fragrance is its lateness 
of flowering. It is in its glory in September, and 
sprays can be cut in early October at times. Virgin- 
iana, flammula and Mtalba, three others with like 
feathery white flowers, are over before paniculata. 
Spiriea xAnthony Waterer, which has been men- 
tioned before in these columns, is reall}' a better aut- 
umn bloomer than a summer one. The secret seems 
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