SELECT PLANTS, 

 EEADILY ELIGIBLE FOE INDUSTEIAL CULTUBE 



IN 



EXTRA-TROPICAL COUNTRIES. 



Aberia Caffra, J. Hooker and Harvey. 



The " Kai- Apple" of Natal and Caffraria. This tall shrub serves 

 for hedges ; it bears only slight frost. The rather large fruits are 

 edible, and can be converted into preserves. Allied South-African 

 species are A. Zeyheri and A. tristis (Sonder). 



Acacia acuminata, Bentham. 



A kind of " Myall" from Western Australia, attaining a height of 

 40 feet. The scent of the wood comparable to that of raspberries. 

 It is the best of West- Australian woods for charcoal. The stems 

 much sought for fence-posts, very lasting for this purpose, even when 

 selected young. A similar tree with hard and scented wood is A. 

 Doratoxylon (A. Cunn.), of the dry regions of South-Eastern Australia. 



Acacia aneura, F. v. Mueller. 



Arid desert-interior of extra-tropic Australia. A tree never more 

 than 25 feet high. The principal " Mulga " tree. Mr. S. Dixon 

 praises it particularly as valuable for fodder of pastoral animals; 

 hence it might locally serve for ensilage. Mr. W. Johnson found in 

 the foliage a considerable quantity of starch and gum, rendering it 

 nutritious. Cattle and sheep browse on the twigs of this and some 

 allied species, even in the presence of plentiful grass, and are much 

 sustained by such Acacias in seasons of protracted drought. Drome- 

 daries in Australia crave for the Mulga as food. Wood excessively 

 hard, dark -brown, used preferentially by the natives for boomerangs, 

 sticks to lift edible roots, end-shafts of Phragmites-spears, woomerangs, 

 nulla-nullas and jagged spear-ends. 



Acacia Arabica, Willdenow. 



The "Kikar" or " Babur." Northern and Central Africa, also 



. in South-Western Asia, growing in dry, calcareous soil. This small 



tree can be utilized for thorny hedges. It furnishes one of the best 



