72 AUSTRALIAN GRASSES AND PASTURE PLANTS 



pasture animals. The Rose Bush in one of the few edible 

 shrubs of the interior that will develop new growth from the 

 stump and roots after the branches have been cut down, and 

 to this circumstance may be attributed its fairly prolific 

 growth in some districts. 



Mr F. B. Guthrie gives the following chemical analysis 

 of the partially dried leaves of the Rose Bush : 

 Water .. .. .. 12.27 



Ash .. .. .. 4.84 



Fibre .. .. .. 16.36 



Albuminoids . . . . . . 15.75 



Carbohydrates .. .. 48.58 



Nutrient value, 69 ; albuminoid ratio, 1:3$. 



Although only some of the most important edible shrubs 

 have been briefly described, those referred to will give an 

 excellent idea of then* value as auxiliary feed for herbivora, 

 and the advisability of systematically conserving them for 

 future contingencies. 



FODDER TREES 



The most important fodder tree indigenous to Australia 

 is the Kurrajong (Sterculia diver sifolia), an illustration of 

 which accompanies this letterpress. In my special report to, 

 and evidence before, the Royal Commission on Western Lands, 

 on the economic value of the vegetation in the interior of New 

 South Wales, I placed the Kurrajong in the front rank of 

 trees producing feed for stock, particularly cattle and sheep. 



