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rope and North Africa. Of longevity, fifty feet high, 
available for avenues. Berries edible. Wood hard 
and dense, eligible particularly for turners’ and carv- 
ers’ work. 
Ceitis Occidentalis, L. —The Huckberry-tree. <A 
fine forest tree in Ohio, and other parts of North 
America. Height, eighty feet. The variety called 
C. crassifolia is the best. The sweet fruits edible. 
Wood elastic and fissile. 
Ceratonia Siliqua, L.—The Carob-tree of the Med- 
iterranean regions. It attains a height of thirty feet, 
and resists drought well. Wood pale red. The sac- 
charine pods, Algaroba, or St. John’s Bread, of value 
for domestic animals. The seeds germinate readily. 
Cinnamomum Camphora, Nees. — The Camphor- 
tree of China and Japan, attaining a height of about 
forty feet. It endures the occasional frosts of Port 
Philip, though the foliage will suffer. The wood, 
like all other parts of the tree, is pervaded by cam- 
phor, hence resists the attack of insects. 
Corylus Colurna, L.—The Constantinople Nut-tree, 
the tallest of hazels, attaining sixty feet in height, 
of rather quick growth. This, as well as the Euro- 
pean Hazel (Corylus Avellana, L.) and the Japan Ha- 
zel (C. heterophylla, Fischer), might be grown for 
copses in our forest gullies. 
Corynocarpus levigata, Forst.—The Karaka of New 
Zealand, and the principal forest tree of the Chatham 
Islands, attaining the height of sixty feet. The wood 
is light, and used by the natives for canoes. The 
pulp of the fruit is edible. Cattle browse on the foli- 
age. In rich, humid soil the tree can be adopted for 
avenues, 
