SELECT PLANTSXA 

 READILY ELIGIBLE FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



EXTRA-TROPICAL COUNTRIES. 



Aberia Caffra, Hooker. 



The Kai- Apple of Natal and Caffraria. This tall shrub serves for 

 hedges. The rather large fruits are edible, and can be converted 

 into preserves. Allied South-African species are A. Zeyheri and 

 A. tristis (Sender). 



Acacia acuminata, Bentham. 



A kind of Myall from Western Australia, attaining a height of 

 40 feet. The scent of the wood comparable to that of raspberries. 

 It is the best of West- Australian woods for charcoal. The stems 

 much sought after for fence posts, very lasting, even when young. 

 A similar tree with hard and scented wood is A. Doratoxylon 

 (A. Cunn.). 



Acacia aneura, F. v. Mueller. 



Arid desert-interior of extra-tropic Australia. A small tree, not 

 more than 25 feet high. Wood excessively hard, dark-brown, used 

 preferentially by the natives for boomerangs, sticks to lift edible 

 roots, end-shafts of Phragmites-spears, woomerangs, nulla-nullas and 

 jagged spear-ends. A. excelsa (Bentham) is among the Queensland 

 species, which furnish also valuable dark-coloured wood for furni- 

 ture and implements. 



Acacia Arabica, Willdenow. 



The "Kikar" or " Babur." North and Central Africa, also in 

 South-west Asia, growing in dry, calcareous soil. This small tree 

 can be utilised for thorny hedges, as also A. Seyal (Delile) and 

 A. 'tortilis (Forskael). They all furnish the best gum-arabic for 

 medicinal and technical purposes. The lac insect lives also on the 



