EUCALYPTUS TREES, 289 
large quantity also to the United States. Jute is sown 
on good land, well plowed and drained, but requires 
no irrigation, although it likes humidity. The crop 
is obtained in the course of four or five months, and 
is ripe when the flowers turn into fruit capsules. 
Good paper is made from the refuse of the fibre. 
Corchorus olitorious, L.—South Asia and North 
Australia. Furnishes, with the foregoing species, 
the principal supply of jute fibre. As it also is an an- 
nual, it can be brought to perfection in our Summers. 
The foliage can be used for spinach. The fibre is not 
so strong as hemp, but very easily prepared. It will 
not endure exposure to water. The allied Corchorus 
trilocularis, L., of Indian origin, is likewise a native 
of eastern tropical and sub-tropical Australia. 
Cordyline Banksii, J. Hooker. —New Zealand. 
This lax and long-leaved palm lily attains a height of 
10 feet; its stem is usually undivided. This and the 
following species have been admitted into this list for 
a double reason, because not only are they by far the 
hardiest, quickest-growing, and largest of the genus, 
and thus most sought in horticultural trade for scenic 
planting ; but also because they furnish from the leaves 
a superior fibre for ropes and other purposes. The 
small seeds are produced in great abundance, and ger- 
minate with extreme readiness. These palm lilies 
ought to be naturalized in our ranges by mere dis- 
semination. 
Cordyline Forsteri, F. v. Mueller. (C. Australis, J. 
Hooker, not Endlicher.)—New Zealand. The stem of 
this noble, thin-leaved plant attains a height of 40 
feet, and is branched. 
Cordyline indivisa, Kunth.—New Zealand. The 
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