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Ground Nut (AracMs hypogaea). 



Two thousand " nuts " were distributed from the 



Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1875. 

 Russian Sunflower {Helianthus annuus). 



Introduced and distributed by the Department of 



Agriculture in 1888. 



Cocoa Nut (Cocos nucifera). 



Although the Cocoanut was early introduced, it was 

 not until about 1867 that a proper plantation was 

 formed, and that by a Mr. Barnes in 1867, at Mackay. 

 In 1880, the Acclimatisation Society distributed 800 

 nuts, received from Singapore, among the northern 

 planters. Shortly after its formation, 10,250 nuts were 

 ]3lanted by the Department of Agriculture on the 

 islands within the Barrier Reef. The North Queensland 

 planters are evidently not fully alive to the value 

 of this useful palm, otherwise they would follow the 

 example of others in New Guinea, Solomon Islands etc. 



DYES. 



Logwood {Haematoxylon campeachianum). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861, 

 and there are three of the original trees now standing. 



Indigo {Indigofera tinctoria). 



Introduced about 1861 by the Brisbane Botanic 

 Gardens. Distributed by the Acclimatisation Society 

 in 1872, and by the Department of Agriculture in 1890. 



Annatto {Bixa orellana). 



Growincr in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861. 



Madder {Ruhia tinctoria). 



Introduced by the Brisbane Botanic Gardens prior 



to 1871. 

 Safflower {Carthamus tinctorius). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1871, 



and at the Mackay and Kamerunga State Nurseries 



in 1889. 



NOPALEA COCCINELLIFERA. 



This plant and the cochineal insect were, according 

 to Walter Hill, thriving in the Brisbane Botanic 

 Gardens in 1871. 



