100 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



not likely to stray into ordinary fields. In the colony of Victoria 

 it is the best indigenous fibre plant, and it is likewise valuable as 

 being with ease converted into pulp for good writing paper, as 

 shown by me some years ago. Its perennial growth allows of 

 regular annual cutting. Within Victorian territory this Galingale 

 rush is particularly common on the Murray flats. The natives 

 there use this as well as Carex tereticaulis (F. v. M.) for nets. 



Cytisus proliferous, Linne fil. 



Canary Islands. A fodder shrub for light dry soil ; rather in- 

 tolerant to frost (Dyer). 



Cystisus spinosus, Lamarck. 



Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. This bush forms a strong 

 prickly garden-hedge, handsome when closely clipped (W. Elliott). 



Cytisus scoparius, Link. (Spartium scoparium, Linne.) 



The Broom Bush. Europe, North Asia. Of less significance as a 

 broom plant than as one of medicinal value. It can also be used 

 for tanning purposes. Most valuable for arresting drift sand. An 

 alkaloid (spartein) and a yellow dye (scoparin) are obtainable from 

 this Broom Bush. 



Dacrydium Colensoi, Hooker. 



New Zealand. A beautiful tree, growing 50 feet in height, and 

 producing hard and incorruptible timber ; chiefly eligible for our 

 Alpine regions. 



Dacrydium cupressinum, Solander. 



New Zealand. Native name, Bimu ; the Red Pine of the colo- 

 nists. This stately tree attains the height of 200 feet, and furnishes 

 a hard and valuable wood, very lasting for fences but readily de- 

 caying in water- works. Professor Kirk recommends the timber on 

 account of its great strength for girders and heavy beams anywhere 

 under cover. With other New Zealand conifers particularly 

 eligible for forest valleys. A most suitable tree for cemeteries, on 

 account of its pendulous branches. 



Dacrydium Franklini, Hooker fil. 



Huon Pine of Tasmania ; only found in moist forest recesses, and 

 might be planted in dense fern-tree gullies. Height of tree, 100 

 feet ; stem circumference, 20 feet. The wood is highly esteemed 

 for boat-building and various artisans' work. It is the best of 

 Australian woods for carving, and also extensively used for the 

 rougher kinds of xylography and in the manufacture of pianos. 



