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VEGETABLE PAINT. 



In certain parts of Uruguay, the farm buildings are a fine white 

 colour, even during the wet season. To obtain this neat effect, a white- 

 wash is used, made from the sliced " leaves " of the Prickly Pear, which 

 when macerated in water for twenty-four hours, produce a solution of 

 <;reamy consistence. To this lime is added and well mixed in. When 

 the solution is applied to any surface, be it wood, brick, iron, or other 

 material, a beautiful pearly white appearance is produced, which 

 endures through rains and frosts for many years. — The Tropical Agri- 

 culturist, February, 1916. 



VERNACULAR NAMES OF VICTORIAN PLANTS. 



Communicated bv Alfred J. Ewart, D.Sc. Ph.D., Chairman, and 

 C. S. Sutton, M.B. Ch.B., Secretary of the Plant Names Committee 

 of tlie Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 



Continued from page 243, Vol. xiv. (10th April, 1916). 



Botanical Xainc 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



SYMPETALE>E HYPOGYfiA—conlinued. 



LABI.\T/E. 



PlectraiUhus — 



•parviflorus, Henckel. 

 Mentha — 



laxiflora, Benth. 



australis, R.Br. . . 



gracilis, R.Br. . . 



saturejoides, R.Br. 

 Lycopus — 



europaeus, L. (L. australis, 

 R.Br.) 

 Salvia — 



plcbeja, R.Br. . . 

 Prunella — 



vuljiaris, A. DC. . . 

 Sailtellaria — 



molis, R.Br. 



huiiiilis, R.Br. . . 

 ProslaiUhera — 



lasianthos, Labill. 



molissifolia, F.v.M. 



incisa, R.Br. 



rotuniiifolia, R.Br. 



violacpa, R.Br. . . 



hirtula, F.v.M. . . 



dontlculata, R.Br. 



splDOHa, K.v.M. . . 



cuneata, Benth. 



phylicifolia, F.v.M. 



(lecurtsata, K.v.M. 



Behrlana, Schlecli. 



nivea, Cunn. 



saxicola, R.Br. . . 



<l.-bllis, F.v.Af. . . 



Walterl, F.v.M. 



inlcrophylla, A. Cunn. 



aspalathoides, A. Cunn. . . 



chlorantha, F.v.M. 



Cockspur flower. 



Forest Mint 

 River Mint 

 Slender Mint 

 Creeping Mint . 



Gipsywort 



Austral Sage 



Sclfheal 



Soft Skullcap . . 

 Dwarf Skullcap 



Christmas Bush 

 Balm Mint Bush 

 Cut-leavcd Mint Bush 

 Round-leaved Mint Bush 

 Violet Mint Busli 

 Ifairy Mint Bush 

 Rouch Mint Bush 

 .Spiny Jlint Bush 

 .Alpine Jfint Bush 

 Spiked Mint Bush 

 Dense Mint Bush 

 (irey Mint Bush 

 Snowy yUni Hush 

 Rock Mint ISush 

 Slender .Mint Bush 

 Mountain ^fint lUish 

 Small-li'iivi'd Mint Bush 

 Scarlet Mint Bush 

 Oro(!n .Mint Bush 



Especially worthy of garden culture. 



May possibly afford a source of oil or 

 perfume, or be of use as culinary herbs. 



Yields a black dye, used by gypsies. 



Of no known economic value. 

 Formerly used as a medicinal herb. 



} Of no known economic value. 



All the species of this genus are more 

 or less worthy of garden culture, and 

 more especially P. molissifolia, P. 

 lasianthos, P. rotundifoiia, P. den- 

 ticulata, or the red-flowered P. 

 microphylla, and P. aspalathoides. 



'Plants marked thus are listed either as growing plants or as seeds by on* or more of our florists. 



