62 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Buddlea Madagascariensis, Lamarck. 



Madagascar, Bourbon and Rodriguez. Of the numerous species of 

 Buddlea the most eligible one for shelter-copses on account of its 

 great size and always tidy appearance, as well as vigor and celerity 

 of growth. It is ever-flowering, highly elegant, tolerant to many 

 kinds of soil, bears some frost and like most congeners is easily pro- 

 pagated from cuttings in the open air. 



Buddlea paniculata, Wallich. (B.crispa, Bentham.) 



Himalayan mountains at altitudes between 4,000 and 7,300 feet, 

 extending to Ava, Cabool and Beloochistan. Attaining the size of 

 a small tree, resisting English winters unharmed, merely protected by 

 a wall; flowering there already from the beginning of February till 

 May, scenting the atmosphere around with fragrance (Sir Will. 

 Hooker). The trusses of flowers resemble those of the Lilac in shape 

 and color. 



Bursera elemifera, J. Hooker. 



Mexico, up to the temperate plateau. This tree furnishes the 

 Mexican Copal or Elemi. 



Butea frondosa, Roxburgh. 



The " Dhak'or Pulas" of India. This magnificent tree extends 

 to the Himalayan mountains, ascending to elevations of 4,000 feet, 

 and bears a few degrees of frost. It is very rich in a peculiar kind 

 of kino, which according to Muspratt contains up to 73 per cent, of 

 tannin. The Lac-insect is also nourished by this tree. 



Butomus umbellatus, Linn. 



The " Flowering Rush." Europe, Northern and Middle Asia. 

 This elegant perennial water-plant is mentioned here more for its 

 value in embellishing our lakes and water-courses than for the sake 

 of its roots. The latter, when roasted, are edible. The plant would 

 live in sub-alpine rivulets. In Norway it is hardy to lat. 59 55' 

 (Schuebeler). 



BUXUS microphylla, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



Japan. There used for the best of wood-engravings and turnery; 

 considered as good as ordinary box-wood. Native name, Tsougne 

 (E. Dupont). 



Buxus sempervirens, Linnd.* 



The Turkey Box-tree. England, Southern Europe, Northern 

 Africa, South-Western Asia, extending to Upper India and Japan. 

 This slow-growing tree should be planted, to provide the indispen- 

 sable box-wood for wood-engravers and instrument-makers, no good 

 substitute for it having been discovered as yet. It is also employed 

 for shuttles, rollers and various other select implements, clarionets, 

 flutes, flageolets. Box-wood on account of its extreme density can 

 best be used as an unit in comparative scales of the closeness of various 



