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Jciinial of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo June, 191: 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants — continued. 



Botanical Name. 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



MoNOCOTYLEDONE^— EucALYCE^ Hyfogyn^ — Continued. 



CESTROLEriDEjE. 1 



Trithuria — • 



submersa, Hook. f. 

 Aphelia — - 



gracilis, Bonder. . . 



Pumilio, F.v.M. 

 Centrolepis — • 



polygyna, Heiron. 



glabra, F.v.M. . . 



cephalotormis, F. 

 Reader 



aristata, Roemer 

 Schult. 



fascicularis, LablU. 



strigosa, Roemer 

 Schult. 



Eestiace^. 



Lepyrodia — 



scariosa, R.Br. . . 



Mueller i, Benth. 



tasmanica. Hook. f. 



interrupta, F.v.M. 

 Restio — 



australis, R.Br. . . 



gracilis, R.Br. . . 



complanatus. R.Br. 



tetraphylliL«, LabiU. 

 Hypolcena — • 



lateriflorus, Benth. 



fastigiatus, R.Br. 

 Leptocarpus — 



tena.x, R.Br. 



Brownii, Hook. f. 



drapetocoleus, F.v.M. 



M. 



and 



and 



Slender Aphelia 

 Dwarf Aphelia . . 



Mossy Centrolepis 

 Smooth Centrolepis 

 Cushion Centrolepis 



Pointed Centrolepis 



Tufted Centrolepis 

 Hairy Centrolepis 



Chaffy Scale Rush 

 MueUer Scale Rush 

 Tasman Scale Rush 

 Interrupted Scale Rush 



Austral Cord Rush 

 Slender Cord Rush 

 Flat Cord Rush 

 Tassel Cord Rush 



Spreading Rope Rush 

 Faded Rope Ru,sh 



Tough Twine Rush 

 Brown Twine Rash 



Eastern Chaff Rush 



Small grass-like plants ; 

 economic value 



no known 



Practically no fodder value; and, 

 hitherto, with no known economic 

 use. Some of the larger species 

 might possibly prove useful for 

 weaving or similar pui-poses 



Useless as pasture plants ; no known 

 economic value 



(To be continued.) 



TOBACCO CULTURE. 



{Continued from -page 234.) 



T. A. J. Smith, Tobacco Exfert. 



Packing for Market. 



After the fermentation or sweating process has taken place, the tobacco 

 is generally allowed to remain in the bulk for ten or twelve days, or as 

 much longer as is convenient, to admit of the evaporation of any surplus 

 moisture. The colours will also become more uniform during this stage, 

 and a greater degree of safety insured ; as tobacco packed with too large 

 a degree of moisture content is liable, when pressed, to become more 

 or less mouldy during transit to market. 



Ten to twelve per cent, of moisture is the maximum amount required 

 for safety. This can be ascertained by carefully weighing 10 lbs. of 

 the leaf as it is taken from the bulk, and drying this quantity right out 

 in a slow oven until all the moisture is expelled. The parcel should be 

 again weighed, the percentage being shown by the difference in the moist 

 and dry weights. The leaf should not be packed when it is so dry as to 



