112 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Elaeagnus hortensis, Bieberstein. 



From South Europe and North Africa to Siberia and China. The 

 fruits of this shrub, known under the name of Trebizonde dates, are 

 used in Persia for dessert. Flowers highly fragrant (G. W. Johnson). 



Elseagnus parvifolius, Royle. 



From China to the Himalayas. This bush has been introduced as 

 a hedge-plant into North America, and, according to Professor 

 Meehan, promises great permanent success, as it has already achieved 

 a high popularity in this respect. Several other species might well 

 be experimented on in the same manner. 



Elaeagnus umbellatus, Thunberg. 



Japan. The fruits of this or an allied species are edible, of a 

 particular and pleasant flavour, and especially adapted for con- 

 fectionery. This bush resists frost as well as drought, and bears 

 in prodigious abundance throughout the year (Joseph Clarte). It 

 can be struck from cuttings, and comes into bearing in the third 

 year already. 



Elegia nuda, Kunth. 



South Africa. A rush, able with its long root to bind moving 

 sand ; it also affords good material for thatching (Dr. Pappe). 

 Many of the tall Restiacese of South Africa would prove valuable 

 for scenic effect in gardens and conservatories, and among these 

 may specially be mentioned Cannamois cephalotes (Beauv.) 



Eleusine Coracana, Gaertner. 



Southern Asia, east to Japan, ascending the Himalayas to 7,000 

 feet. Though annual, this grass is worthy of cultivation on account 

 of its height and nutritiveness. It is of rapid growth, and the produce 

 of foliage and seeds copious. Horses prefer the hay to any other 

 dry fodder in India, according to Dr. Forbes Watson. The large 

 grains can be used like millet. E. Indica (Gaertner) only differs 

 as a variety. It extends to tropical Australia, and is recorded also 

 from many other tropical countries. 



Eleusine stricta, Roxburgh. 



India. The increase of grain of this annual grass in rich soil is at 

 times five-hundredfold. E. Tocusso, Fresenius, is a valuable kind 

 from Abyssinia, seemingly allied to E. stricta. The Arabian and 

 Himalayan E. flagellifera, Nees, is perennial. Other species of 

 Eleusine are deserving of trial. 



