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remarkably large. This Canna resembles a banana in miniature, 

 hence it is eligible for scenic plantations; the local production in 

 Gippsiand is already large enough to admit of extensive sale. 



Canna flaccida, Roscoe. 



Carolina. Probably also available for arrowroot, though in the 

 first instance, like many congeners, chosen only for ornamental 

 culture. 



Canna glauca, Linn. 



One of the West-Indian Arrowroot-Cannas. 



Cannabis sativa, C. Bauhin.* 



The Hemp-plant, seemingly indigenous to various parts of Asia, 

 as far west as Turkey and as far east as Japan, recorded recently 

 by Dr. A. v. Regel as naturally also wild in Turkestan; A. de Can- 

 dolle gives Dahuria and Siberia as the native country. Long culti- 

 vated for its fibre. It exudes the churras or hasheesh, a medicinal 

 resinous substance of narcotic properties, particularly in hot climates. 

 The foliage also contains a volatile oil, while the seeds yield by 

 pressure the well-known fixed hemp-oil. The staminate plant is 

 pulled for obtaining fibre in its best state immediately after flowering; 

 the seeding plant is gathered for fibre at a later stage of growth. 

 Good soil, well-drained, never absolutely dry, is needed for successful 

 hemp-culture. Hemp is one of the plants yielding a full and quick 

 return within the season. The average summer-temperatures of St. 

 Petersburg (67 F.) and of Moscow (62 F.) admit still of the culti- 

 vation of this plant. The Hemp-plant serves as a protection against 

 insects on cultivated fields, if sown along their boundaries. The 

 seeds are sometimes used in medicine, and are a favorite fodder for 

 various cagebirds. The importations of Hemp into the United 

 Kingdom in 1884 were 1,335,000 cwt., worth over two million 

 pounds sterling. 



Canella alba, Murray. 



West-India and Florida. An evergreen tree, to 50 feet high, 

 aromatic in all its parts; the bark particularly used, less in medicine 

 than as a condiment. 



Cantharellus edulis, Persoon. (G. tibarius, Fries.) 



The Chantarelle. Various parts of Europe, occurring also in 

 South-Eastern Australia and some other parts of the globe. Dr. 

 Goeppert mentions this among the many mushrooms, admitted under 

 Government- supervision for sale in Silesia. 



Capparis sepiaria, Linn. 



From India to the Philippine-Islands, ascending to cool elevations 

 and living in arid soil. A prickly bush, excellent for hedges. Dr. 

 Cleghorn mentions also as hedge-plants C. horrida (L. fil.), C. aphylla 

 (Roth), C. Roxburghii (D.C.), some of which also yield capers. 



