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A. excelsa , Brown. — The Norfolk Island pine, is also cultivated 
here and does well. 
A. Rulei, — Of New Caledonia is occasionally cultivated in Singa- 
pore, but I know not of any planted out at present. 
List of Conifers in the Botanic Grdens. 
Gingko biloba r L. 
Cephalotaxus peduncidata, Sieb. 
Taxus cuspidata, Sieb. 
Dacrydium elatum 
D. cupressinum 
Podocarpus australis 
P. elata 
P. koraaina 
P. polystachya 
P. salicina 
Juniperus rigida 
y. Chinensis var. aurea 
Cupressus funebris , Staunt. 
(i obtusa , Koch. Chamceceparis obtusa ) 
var, filicoides 
var. chabo 
var. lycopodioides 
var. aurea 
var. foliis variegatis 
C. obtusa var, breviramea 
var. alba 
Cupressus pis if era, Koch. 
var. filifera pendvda . 
var. squarrosa 
var. plumosa 
Thuia dolabrqta L, ... J ; .. 
Th. « orientalis L. 
Cryptomeria japonic a, Don. 
var. elegans 
Sciadopitys verticillata , Sieb. 
Agathis australis 
A. loranthifolia 
Araucaria Bidwillii y Hook. 
A . Cookii , Br. 
A. Cunning hami, Lamb. 
do. var. glanca 
Japan. 
do. 
do. 
Malaya. 
do. 
Australia. 
Korea. 
Singapore. 
Grenada, 
Japan. 
China. 
do. 
Japan. 
Japan. 
Japan. * 
Japan. 
do. 
do. 
N. Zealand 
Malaya. 
Australia. 
N. Caledonia 
Australia. 
AN APPARATUS FOR 
TESTING UNMANUFACTURED RUBBER. 
In preparing a comodity for the market especially in the case 
of an article like plantation rubber which varies both when it exudes 
from the tree as latex and by reason of methods of curing, it is 
of great importance to have 'a recognised standard of quality. 
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