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Male Flowers. Female Flowers. 



of the small branches also make it a very suitable plant for hedges. 

 The Buffalo Berry may be cultivated successfully in any ordinary 

 good soil, but it is partial to deep moist land that borders rivers and 

 creeks. There being both male and female plants it is necessary 

 that at least one of the former to six of the latter should be included 

 in a plantation. The plants should be arranged so as to stand about 

 twelve feet apart. Propagation may be readily effected by seeds, 

 cuttings, suckers or layers. Seed should be sown thinly while fresh, 

 in shallow drills, covering it an inch deep. The following season the 

 young plants should be placed in rows a foot apart, leaving twice that 

 space below the lines. They will usually bloom the third year from 

 the seed, when the male and female plants can be separated. Layers 

 root freely, the proper time for this method being in the spring. 

 Suckers from the roots are sometimes produced, and these if taken off, 

 make very good plants. Cuttings of the previous seasons wood will 

 root freely if planted in the spring. 



CAMBUCA. 



This is the native name for the fruit of Marliera glomerata, a tall 

 evergreen shrub, or small tree, indigenous to Brazil, and belonging to the 

 order Myrtacese. The fruits are about the size of Apricots, pleasantly 

 flavoured, and are popular in their native country. Another species, 

 Marliera tomentosa, indigenous to the same country, yields sweet berries 

 about the size of Cherries, known by the native name of Guaparanga. 

 Both kinds may be grown successfully in the tropical and sub-tropical 

 regions of Australia, and, being handsome plants, are worthy of cultivation 

 for ornament only. They are also deserving of attention as fruit-bearing 



