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white settlers and by the aborigines, and it certainly assuages 

 thirst. The stone of the fruit is exceedingly hard. In the 

 interior many attempts have been made to propagate this 

 beautiful tree by ordinary methods, but I never heard of any 

 being successful. In different parts of the interior the Colane 

 is known by other popular names, such as "Emu Apple," 

 "Grewie, " and "Sour Plum." 



Myall, Weeping Myall and "Boree" of the aborigines, 

 (Acacia pendula) is one of the most beautiful of all the 

 Australian wattles. It is a handsome evergreen tree, attaining 

 sometimes a height of thirty-five feet, and occurring in more 

 or less abundance over large areas in the interior of New South 

 Wales and Queensland. Its pendulous, smaller branchlets, 

 clothed with foliage of a silvery-grey colour, make it a striking 

 object amongst the more sombre vegetation. It gives quite 

 a distinct character to some parts of the country, and few 

 inland trees have a more ornamental and attractive appearance. 

 Its leaves (phyllodes) are lance-shaped and from two to five 

 inches long, and both cattle and sheep are so partial to them 

 that one may travel for days in country where these animals 

 are pastured and rarely see a young plant, as the seedlings 

 are eaten immediately they are well above the ground. In 

 very dry seasons the Myall is largely cut down and fed to cattle 

 and sheep, particularly the latter, and they seem to do well on 

 it. The chemical analysis of the partially dried leaves of 

 this tree, by the authority above quoted, gave the following 

 results, which show they are of good feeding value : 

 Water . . . . . . 48.45 



Ash .. .. .. 4.45 



Fibre .. .. .. 19.64 



Albuminoids . . . . . . 9.62 



Carbohydrates . . . . 16.63 



Nutrient value, 29 ; albuminoid ratio, 1:2. 



