28 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Ananas sativa, Schultes. 



South-America. The famous " Pine-apple" plant. Mr. Th. Mead 

 remarks, that in Florida the fruit is produced by merely piling a little 

 brush over the plant during the three cool months of the year. 

 Fruits even to 10 Ibs. weight have there been produced. The leaves 

 yield an excellent fibre. 



Andropogon annulatus, Forskael. 



Intra- and Sub-tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. Recommended 

 by Mr. Walter Hill as a meadow-grass. Dr. Curl observes, that in 

 New Zealand it is both a summer- and autumn-grass, that it does not 

 grow fast in winter, but at the period of its greatest growth sends up 

 an abundance of foliage. 



Andropogon argenteus, De Candolle. 



Pronounced by Leybold to be one of the best pasture-grasses of the 

 Cordilleras of Chili. 



Andropogon australis, Sprengel. (Sorghum plumosum, Beauvois.) 



Tropical and also Eastern Extra-tropic Australia as far south as 

 Gippsland. Brought under notice by Mr. Ch. Moore as an admirable 

 perennial pasture-grass. The allied A. serratus (Thunberg) of tropical 

 Australia, Southern Asia, China and Japan, serves similar purposes. 

 General Sir H. Macpherson proved some Indian Andropogons well 

 adapted for Silos. 



Andropogon avenaceus, Michaux. (Sorghum avenaceum, Willdenow.) 



North- and Central-America. This tall perennial grass lives in dry 

 sandy soil, and should be tried for growth of fodder. 



Andropogon bombycinus, R. Brown. 



Australia. This robust grass, which is generally well-spoken of by 

 graziers, seems to like a somewhat strong soil, and is often found 

 among the rocks on hill-sides. The bases of the stems of this species, 

 like several others of the genus, are highly aromatic (Bailey). It 

 will live in shifting sand and endure the hottest desert-clime. The 

 Australian A. procerus (R. Br.) and the Mediterranean A. laniger 

 (Desf.) are closely allied congeners. 



Andropogon Calamus, Royle. 



Central India. The " Sweet Cane " and " Calamus " of Scripture, 

 according to Calcott; it is regarded as the aromatic reed of Dioscorides 

 by Royle. From this species the gingergrass-oil of Nemaur, an article 

 much used in perfumery, is distilled. It is the " Cusha " of India. 

 Gibson and Dalzell regard it identical with A. nardoides (Nees) of 

 South- Africa. 



Andropogon cermiUS, Roxburgh.* (Sorghum cernuum, Willd. 



One of the Guinea-corns. India, where it is much cultivated, as in 

 other tropical countries. It is annual (according to Hackel); but 



