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Wellington, Ballarat, and other localities, from plants supplied at 

 the Botanic Garden of Melbourne. The Rev. Mr. Hagenauer, of 

 the Gippsland Aboriginal Mission station, obtained over one ton 

 from an acre. The Rev. Mr. Bulmer found this root to yield 28 

 per cent, of starch. The gathering of the roots is effected about 

 April. The plants can be set out in ordinary ploughed 

 land. Captain James Hall, of Hastings, prepared also largely the 

 starch from this root. Starch grains remarkably large. The plant 

 resembles a banana in minature, hence eligible for scenic planta- 

 tions j the local production in Gippsland 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, Linne. 



One of the West Indian Arrowroot Cannas. 



Cannabis sativa, Linne.* 



The Hemp Plant indigenous to various parts of Asia, as far west 

 as Turkey, and as far east as Japan. Cultivated for its fibre since 

 ancient times. Particularly in hot climates it exudes the churras, 

 a resinous substance of narcotic intoxicating property. The foliage 

 contains also a volatile oil, while the seeds yield by pressure the 

 well-known fixed hemp oil. The staminiferous plant is pulled for 

 obtaining the 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 success- 

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

 quick return within the season. The summer temperatures of St. 

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

 vation of this plant. The hemp as a narcotic plant serves as a 

 protection against insects on cultural fields, if sown along their 

 boundaries. 



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



Various parts of Europe. Dr. Goeppert mentions this among the 

 many mushrooms admitted under Government supervision for sale 

 in Silesia. 



Capparis sepiaria, Linne. 



From India to the Phillipine 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 (Cand.), some of which yield also capers. 



