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be obtained from them. The wood can be utilized for shoe- 

 pegs and other purposes of artisans. The berries are used 

 for coloring of port wine and for other purposes of dye. 



Santalum cygnorum, Miquel. 



South-western Australia, where this tree yields scented 

 Sandal-wood. 



Santalum Preissianum, Miq. (S. acuminatum, A. de Cand.) 

 The Quandang. Desert-country of extra-tropical Australia. 

 The fruits of this small tree are called Native Peaches. As 

 both the succulent outer part and kernel are edible, it is 

 advisable to raise the plant in desert-tracts, where the 

 species does not occur, since moreover it becomes gradually 

 sacrificed on many native places by pasture operations. 



Santalum Yasi, Seemann. 



The Sandal-tree of the Feegee Islands, where it grows on 

 dry and rocky hills. It is likely to prove hardy here, and 

 deserves with a few other species from the South Sea Islands, 

 yielding scented wood, test-culture in the warmest parts of 

 our Colony. 



Saponaria officinalis, L. 



The Soapwort or Puller's Herb. Europe, North and Middle 

 Asia. A perennial herb of some technologic interest, as the 

 root can be employed with advantage in some final processes 

 of washing silk and wool, to which it imparts a peculiar 

 gloss and dazzling whiteness, without injuring in the least 

 the most sensitive colors. Experiments, instituted in the 

 laboratory of the Botanic Garden of Melbourne, render it 

 highly probable, that Saponin, which produces the froth from 

 the soapwort, is also present in the bark of Acacia (Albizzia) 

 lopliantha, W. At all events a substance, closely resembling 

 Saponin, was unexpectedly detected (in the course of other 

 investigations entrusted to Mr. Eummel) in the bark of this 

 Acacia, and this substance occurred in so large a proportion 

 as to constitute 10 per cent, of the dry bark. 



Satureja hortensis, L. 



The Summer Savory. Countries around the Mediterranean 

 Sea. An annual scent herb, from which an essential aromatic 



