82 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



ornamental than for industrial growth, admitted here however as a 

 rich yielder of honey from its fragrant flowers, which last through 

 several months. The bitter bark, particularly that of the root, used 

 therapeutically (Dr. Kellogg). The plant was introduced first by the 

 writer into Victoria, where it thrives to perfection. 



Cephalotaxus drupacea, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



China and Japan. This splendid Yew attains a height of 60 feet 

 and is very hardy. According to Dr. Masters, the C. Fortunei 

 (Hooker) is merely a variety. 



Ceratonia Siliqua, Linn^.* 



The Carob-Tree, indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean regions. 

 It attains a height of 50 feet, and resists drought well ; succeeds best on a 

 calcareous subsoil. Wood pale-reddish. The saccharine pods, Algaroba 

 or St. John's Bread, of value for domestic animals. In some parts of 

 South-Europe even used for human food. The frequent unsexuality 

 of the flowers accounts to some extent for the want of productiveness 

 in fruit of this plant, where but few plants exist and no bees are 

 kept. The seeds germinate readily. The exportation of the pods 

 for cattle-food from Greta is very large. The fruit is used for a 

 medicinal syrup, an imitation of chocolate and a liqueur (Wittmack). 

 In some of the Mediterranean countries horses and stable-cattle are 

 almost exclusively fed upon the pods. The meat of sheep and pigs 

 is greatly improved in flavor by this food, while its fattening pro- 

 perties are twice those of oil-cake. The pods contain about 66 per 

 cent, of sugar and gum. To horses and cattle 6 Ibs. a day are given 

 of the crushed pods, raw or boiled, with or without chaff. The 

 Spanish conquerors took this plant early to Central- and South- 

 America. The seeds should by geographic explorers be carried 

 through the central regions of Australia, and be sown on humid spots 

 particularly in the limestone-formation. Instances are on record of a 

 tree having yielded nearly half a ton of pods in a season (Chambers). 



Ceratopetalum apetalum, Bon. 



Extra-tropic Eastern Australia. A beautiful tree with long cylindri- 

 cal stem. Height reaching 90 feet, diameter 3 feet. Wood soft, 

 light, tough, close-grained, fragrant, good for joiners' and cabinet- 

 makers' work, locally in request for coachbuilding and therefore 

 called coach-wood by the colonists. 



<Cercocarpus ledifolius, Nuttall. 



California. Becomes in favorable spots a tree 40 feet in height, 

 with a stem-diameter of 2^ feet. The wood is the hardest known in 

 California. It is of dark color, very dense, used for bearings in 

 machinery (Dr. Gibbons). C. parvifolius is of lesser dimensions. 



Oereus Engelmanni, Parry. 



Utah. A dwarf species, with large scarlet flowers and fruits of 

 strawberry-flavor and refreshing taste. C. Lecomtei attains there 

 the size of a flour-barrel. 



