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to 1861, but as its product did not meet with the 

 taste of Queenslanders, it has not been grown other- 

 wise than for shade purposes. 

 Cocoa {Theohroma Cacao). 



Plants were introduced by the Bris})ane Botanic 

 Gardens and Acclimatisation Society in 1866, and were 

 distributed by the Society in tlie same year, and also 

 in 1872 and 1883, and by the Botanic Gardens in 1874. 

 A plant (under glass) fruited at Bowen Park in 1885. 

 I saw a fine plant in fruit at Hambledon, near Cairns, 

 in 1899, and was informed that it had been received 

 from the Acclimatisation Society. 

 Cola Nut {CoJxi acuminata). 



Introduced by the Department of Agriculture in the 

 early nineties, and sent to the State Nursery at 

 Kamerunga. 

 Chicory {Cichorum intyhus). 



Grown by G. Grimes, at Coomera, in the seventies, 

 and at Kamerunga State Nursery in 1890. 

 Hop Plant {Hiimulus lupulus). 



During the year 1883 experiments were made with 

 the Hop plant at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. The 

 results were exceedingly good, the crop being equal 

 to 10 cwt. per acre. It is said that in England 4 cwt. 

 per acre for the first year is a good return. During 

 James Pink's time (1885), 1,000 sets were imported 

 by the Gardens, and distributed to farmers on the 

 Downs. Another trial to start the industry was made 

 in 1889, when the Department of Agriculture imported 

 a number of sets from Victoria, and distributed them 

 to farmers in the Killarney district. 



FARINAS AND CEREALS. 

 Arrowroot. 



Both kinds of Arrowroot, viz., the White [Maranta 

 arundinacea) and the Purple [Canna edulis) were 

 introduced and distributed by the Brisbane Botanic 

 Gardens about 1861. The latter species is recorded 

 as having been grown near Ipswich, in 1844. The 

 The purple variety has for many years been extensively 

 cultivated in South Queensland, 480,6201b8. of com- 

 mercial arrowroot having been produced in 1908. 

 The recipients in the early distribution of the 



