58 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Callitris columellaris, F. v. Mueller. 



East Australia, on bare sandy coast tracts. Height up to 70 feet. 

 Timber durable, fine-grained, fragrant, capable of a high polish ; 

 used for piles of wharfs and sheeting of punts and boats ; it resists 

 the attacks of chelura and white ants ; the roots are valued for 

 veneers. The wood is also used for telegraph-posts according to 

 Mr. Thozet. Present market value 6 per 1,000 superficial feet. 

 (Queensland Exhibition, 1878.) 



Callitris Macleayana, F. v. Mueller. (Frenela Macleayna, Parlatore.) 



New South Wales. A handsome tree, of regular pyramidal growth, 

 attaining a height of 70 feet ; the timber is valuable. 



Callitris Parlatorei, F. v. Mueller. 



South Queensland. Recommended by Mr. F. M. Bailey as a shade- 

 tree. It attains a height of 60 feet. Several other Callitris are 

 worthy of forest culture. 



Callitris quadrivalvis, Yentenat. 



North Africa. A middling-sized tree, yielding the true sandarac 

 resin. 



Callitris verrucosa, R. Brown. (Frenela verrucosa, A. Cunningham) 



Through the greater part of Australia. Also several other species 

 from Victoria and other parts of Australia are among the trees 

 which may be utilised for binding the coast arid desert sand. They 

 all exclude Sandarac C. calcarata, E. Br. (F. Endlicheri, Par- 

 latore), a very ornamental and graceful tree, attains, according to 

 Hartmann, a height of 100 feet, and supplies a beautiful wood 

 suitable for cabinet-making. The wood is of a dark colour. 



Calyptranthes aromatica, St. Hilaire. 



South Brazil. The flower-buds of this Spice shrub can be used 

 almost like cloves, the berries like allspice. Several other aromatic 

 species are eligible for test culture. 



Calyptronoma Swartzii, Grisebach. 



West India. A palm up to 60 feet high. Advances on tropical 

 mountains to over 3,000 feet elevation. It yields the "long 

 thatch " of Jamaica, the foliage furnishing an amber-coloured roofing 

 material, neater and more durable than any other used in that 

 island, lasting twenty years or more without requiring repairs 

 (Jenman). 



