102 INTRODUCTION OF ECONOMIC PLANTS 



Star Apple (Chrysophyllum Cainito). 



Sent by Sydney'}Botanic Gardens to M. C. O'Connell, 

 Port Curtis, and to a gardener in Brisbane, in 1854, 

 and Avas growing at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens 

 in 1861. 



Strawberry {Fragaria vesca). 



Early in the seventies the Brisbane Botanic Gardens 

 experimented with about a dozen varieties of straw- 

 berry, two of which are now extensively grown in 

 South Queensland, viz.. Marguerite and Trollop's 

 Victoria. The production from 157 acres was 

 338,903 quarts in 1908. 



Tamartkt) (Tamarindus indica). 



Plants sent by the Sydney Botanic Gardens in 1854 

 to M. C. O'Connell. Port Curtis, and tr a gardener 

 in Brisbane. Grown by Captain Wickham, at New- 

 stead, in 1856. and also at the Brisbane Botanic 

 Gardens in 1861. Twenty plants were distributed 

 from the Garden*^; in 1 862. 



Vi- Apple {Spondias dulcis). 



Introduced by Acclimatisation Society in 1876, 

 Growing at Kamerunga State Nursery in 1891. 



GREEN MANURES. 



Cowpea (Vigna sinensis). 



Introduced by the Department of Agriculture in the 

 early nineties. 



Velvet Bean {Mucuna pruriens var.). 



Was introduced in the early nineties by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and Colonial Sugar Refining 

 Co. 



