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is also obtained from the corolla. The seeds yield a fixed oil for 

 particular soap. The flowers, for cattle feeding, keep well 

 for a long time. 



Calyptronoma Swartzii, Grisebach. 



"West India. A Palm, up to 60 feet high. Advances on tro- 

 pical mountains to over 3,0 00 feet elevation. This Palm yields 

 the "long thatch" of Jamaica; the foliage furnishing an 

 amber-coloured roofing material more neat and durable than 

 any other used in that island, lasting longer than shingles 

 twenty years or more without requiring repairs (Juman). 



Cornus florida, Linne. 



North America. The "Dogwood." A showy tree, up to 30 

 feet high. Wood much in demand for shuttles, handles, har- 

 row-teeth, horse-collars, sledge-runners. 



Dypsis pinnatifrons, Martius. 



Madagascar. This dwarf Palm proved hardy in Sydney with 

 Copernicia cerifera. 



Eucalyptus Baileyana, F. v. M. 



South Queensland. A handsome tree, content with sandy 

 soil. One of the best trees for timber in the Moreton Bay 

 districts. Trunk 14 to 2 feet in diameter, 50 feet to first 

 branches (Bailey). 



Eucalyptus corynocalyx, F. v. M. 



South Australia. Sugar Gum-tree. A timber tree, up to 120 

 feet high, with a stem attaining a circumference of 17 feet 

 towards the base. The wood, according to T. E. Brown, Con- 

 servator of Forests of South Australia, possesses excellent qua- 

 lities. In culture observed by me to be not of very quick 

 growth. The sweetish foliage attracts cattle and sheep, who 

 browse on the lower branches, saplings, and seedlings, unlike 

 what occui$ with almost any other kind of Eucalypt except 

 E. Gunnii (J. Hooker). The base of the trunk swells out in 

 regular tiers (T. E. Brown) . 



Eucalyptus Sieberiana, F. v. Mueller. (E. virgata, Sieber.) 



New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. A tall timber tree in 

 Gippsland, up to i,000 feet elevation. This species is only on 

 the highest mountains stunted to virgate growth. Wood of 

 superior quality, light, tough, and elastic, used for swingle-trees 

 of buggies, ploughs, valuable for splitting and sawing, but it 

 will not stand underground (Howitt) . 



