84 INTRODUCTION OF ECONOMIC PLANTS 



for fodder, but, so far as I am aware, no satisfactory results 



have ])een attained. 



Carob Bean (Cerafonia siliqua). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens and at 

 Bowen Park in 1866, and distributed from the last- 

 mentioned place in 1871. In 1890, seeds gathered 

 from trees growing at the Park were distributed. 



Algaroba Bean (Prosopis juli flora) and 



Mesquit (P. pubescens) 



Were introduced by the Brisbane Botanic Gardens 

 and Acclimatisation Society in 1877. Received from 

 Honolulu. 



Rain Tree {Pithecolohhim Saman). 



Distributed by Acclimatisation Society in 1880. 



OILS, 



Castor Oil {Bicinus communis). 



Growing at Botanic Gardens in 1861, and since becoipe 

 a great weed on our waste lands. 



CiTRONELLA OiL {Andropogoii Sckoenanthus). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1872. 



Croton Oil {Croton tiglium). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens and at 

 Bowen Park in 1866. 



GiNGELEY [Sesamum indicum). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1871, 

 and introduced in 1889 by the Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



Olive {Olea europea). 



Accordincr to L. A. Bernays, in " The Olive in 

 Queensland," it would appear that W. Cairncross was 

 the first to grow this plant, having set out eight trees 

 at Bulimba in 1858. Importations were made by 

 the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, the Acchmatisation 

 Society and. F. M. Bailey, in the sixties, and by the 

 Department of Agriculture in 1889. 



Oil Palm {Elaeis guineensis). 



Planted in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861, 

 and still alive, but does not appear as if it would last 

 much longer. Those planted at Kamerunga State 

 Nursery in about 1890 have fruited during several 



• years past. 



