BY J. F. BAILEY. 87 



Bowstring Hemp {Sansevieria zeylanica) , and 



African Hemps (*S^. cylindrica and *S^. guineensis). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1862. 



Broom Corn (Sorghum sacchcwatum, var.) 



Has been grown extensively during the past twenty 

 years. 



Mauritius Hemp (Furcraea gigantea). 



Introduced by the Brisbane Botanic Gardens during 

 the sixties. 



Sisal Hemp (Agave rigida v. sisalana). 



Introduced by the Department of Agriculture, one 

 thousand plants having been received from Yucatan 

 in 1892. 



Abutilon periplocifolium. 



Introduced by the Department of Agriculture from 

 Trinidad in 1890. 



Ramie (Boehmeria nivea). 



Introduced by the Brisbane Botanic Gardens about 

 1860, and ten thousand plants were distributed from 

 there in 1873. 



Mulberry [Morus alba, and other species). 



Introduced for purposes of silk-culture by Brisbane 

 Botanic Gardens, the Acclimatisation Society and 

 F. M. Bailey, about 1865. 4,500 cuttings were dis- 

 tributed from the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1873, 



Hemp {Cannabis sativa). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Garden^; in 1873. 



SPICES, CONDIMENTS. PERFUMES, Etc. 



Clove (Caryophyllus aromaticus). 



Plants were sent to M. C. O'Connell, Port Curtis, 

 and to a gardener in Brisbane from the Sydney 

 Botanic Gardens in 1854. Plants were growing in 

 the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861, and a distribu- 

 tion was made from there and from Bowen Park in 

 1867 and 1874. 



Cinnamon [Cinnamomum officinalis). 



Plants were sent to M. C. O'Connel, Port Curtis, and 

 to a gardener in Brisbane, from the Sydney Botanic 

 Gardens in 1854. Growing in Captain Wickham's 

 garden in 1856, and in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens 

 in 1861, 30 plants bein.o distributed from there in 1867 



