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to 21 per cent, of gum and sugar. This sedge is important for 

 cultivation in desert regions. The oil extracted from the nuts is 

 said to surpass in excellence all other oils used for culinary 

 purposes. 



Fig. 8. Chufas (Cyperns esculcntus.} 



Cypcnis slrigosiis (Tule ; tula grass). A tall sedge with the 

 stems four to six feet high, growing in marshy places in California 

 and Arizona. It is much relished when young by all kinds of stock. 



Cytisusprolifcrus albns (Tagasaste). A shrubby perennial legume 

 with silvery grey leaves, native of the Canary Islands, which has 

 been recommended for cultivation as a forage plant in hot and dry 

 regions. It will, perhaps, prove of some value in the arid south- 

 west. The seeds, which are slow in germination, should be boiled 

 four or live minutes, or soaked in water for twenty-four hours before 

 planting. The plants should be kept one year in the seed bed and 

 then transplanted to rows six to eight apart in the held where they 

 are to remain, and cultivated until they are two or three feet high. 

 At the end of about the third year cattle or sheep may be turned 

 into the held, and the crop will require no further attention except 



