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Height. I I TH HH E 1896. 1908. Native of Remarks. Abies alba A. Alcockiana A. Douglasii Ft, 17 3 32 Tt. 25 19 60 F F F M M G Canada Japan British Columbia Wood inferior ; used for paper-pulp. A distinct tree of no great promise. The Oregon pine of commerce. Gives promise of being a useful tree. Has been too much planted. Wood not considered of good quality ; ornamental tree. Very slow-growing tree, of very distinct appearance. Subject to a blight during recent years. Wood only useful for inferior purposes. A rare tree ; in appearance like A. Douglasii. A. excelsa A. Smithiana 25 7 36 22 F M G Norway North India A. polita A. Menziesii.. A. nigra A. macrocarpa 1 22 5 2 5 47 11 18 F F F P G M G Japan California Canada Southern California Crimea British Columbia Canada England A. orientalis A. Mertensiana A. canadensis Acer campestre A. pseudo-platanus . . A. negundo A. saecharinum 2 7 2 18 19 16 3 10 33 6 25 26 F F F F F G P P G M M P Has remained healthy. Does not thrive well here. Of no promise here. Seems well adapted to conditions here. Requires shelter here to make any headway. Where the soil is free this tree grows fast. The sugar-maple of Canada. The winds here destroy the leaves. Something like the sycamore. Succeeds only moderately here. After the English maple in appearance. The horse-chestnut grows well when sheltered. ii California North America. . A. macrophyllum 2 12 M British Columbia A. monspessulanum . . /Esculus hippocastaneum ,E„ rosea Acacia dealbata Alnus glutinosa Araucaria imbricata .. A. excelsa A. Cunninghamii A. Bidwilli .. A, brazillianus Betula lenta 1 20 4 38 14 19 1 2 2 11 3 9 26 6 44 20 F F V F F M M M G M M P P P M P France England Tasmania England Chili .. Norfolk Island Queensland The hardiest of the wattles. The alder grows fast in boggy places. Many trees are dying when about 25 ft. high. Not hardy here. Not hardy here, but grows near the sea in Canterbury. Not hardy. Will grow in Canterbury near the sea. Has proved hardy here, and is quite distinct. Of all the birches tried here, this is the least satisfactory. The American white-birch. The canoe-birch. Has large leaves. The common birch. B. utilis, 9 ft. ; B. excelsa, 6 ft. ; and B. corylifolia, 9ft., are growing well here. This promises to do well. Not worth planting here except in good position for ornament. Used in America for furniture. Promises to be of value here. Hornbeam. Of no economic value. Several large trees have died after fruiting freely. This chestnut commences to bear when only a small bush. 23 F Brazil Canada B. populifera B. papyracea B. alba 4 3 21 i 20 18 43 F F I-' M G G America Canada England B. Ermanii Catalpa speciosa 3 9 10 F G l> Japan America Cerasus sorotina 3 12 F G Carpinus betula Castanea vesca C. japonica 7 20 7 14 V F F M P P England Europe Japan Cedrus atlantica 18 35 F G Africa Seems worthy of extensive planting ; all trees doing well. Not equal to the African cedar for general planting. A very valuable tree for its wood and also its appearance. Upright tree with drooping branches. Wood light and inferior. The upright cypress. Subject to disease. C. libani C. deodari 15 23 44 F F G G Lebanon North India Cupressus excelsa C. Knighti •.-. C. stricta C. horizontalis C. Lawsoniana C. viridis C. torulosa 7 11 19 21 18 7 27 14 25 28 16 F F F F F K G .G M M iVI M G Guatemala Mexico Europe Oregon Many trees have been killed by drought. North India This and the following variety are growing well. The largest tree has been cut up for posts, and is standing well. C. t. gracilis C. Goveniana C. macrocarpa C. funebris C. thyoides C. glauca C. nutkaensis 2 IS 47 6 3 9 8 18 23 53 14 8 22 14 K F F F F F F G M G M P G G California China Maine Portugal Alaska Only useful for shelter. The wood has proved durable in the ground. Trees of this are doing well. Remains healthy, but slow in growth. Distinct, but does not promise to be useful for timber. The few trees grown here show considerable promise of success. A good-looking cypress. One of the timber-trees of Japan ; useless here. C. Uhdeana Cryptomeria japonica C elegans Corylus colurna Sophora tetraptera S. japonica Eucalyptus globosa .. E. Gunni E, Stuartiana E. amygdalina E. regnans E. coriacea E. urnigera .. 1 6 8 3 5 3 65 35 46 51 15 8 10 7 14 13 90 55 65 F F F F F V F F F F F G P P M M M G G G M P M G Mexico Japan Constantinople.. Now Zealand .. Japan Victoria Tasmania This nut-tree is very distinct from other hazels. Grows well in cultivation. A deciduous kowhai of ornamental appearance. Was very much injured by frost in 1899. Hardy. Fast-growing and hardy. Most of the trees killed, 1899. Not quite hardy; has been killed to the ground. Endures more frost than any other gum. A good-looking tree, with distinct seed-pods. 35 40 35 Victoria Tasmania 4 * Good, G ; moderate. M; toor, P,