'8 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



country of Southern Queensland fairly well. The wood is light y 

 cross-grained, strong, elastic and exceedingly durable, well adapted 

 for staves and wheel-cogs, ornamental carving, the young wood for 

 hoops and mast-rings, also for walking-sticks. The wood is com- 

 paratively rich in tannic acid (about 4 to 6 per cent.), and hence 

 used for preparing a liquid extract ; the bark contains 12 per cent, 

 tannin [Wiesner]. The leaves furnish food for the Bomb^x 

 Jamamai [Dupont], The greatest importance of the tree rests on 

 its adaptability for shade-plantations, its nutritious nuts and timber 

 value. The American wood is slightly lighter in color than that of 

 the Red Oak, and available for shingles and rails ; chestnut-rails 

 in North- America have lasted for half a century. The wood is 

 beautifully laminated [Simmonds], and largely employed for furni- 

 ture, for the inside finish of railroad-cars and steamboats [Vasey]. 

 The American nuts are smaller, but sweeter than the European ; 

 they are largely used for fattening hogs [Robb]. Bate of stem- 

 growth in Nebraska, 24 inches in 14 years, diametrically [Furnas]. 

 The total production of chestnuts merely in Italy during 1886 was 

 391.393 tons. Bees carry oft' the pollen. 



A lofty tree in the mountains of India. Produces also edible 

 chestnuts. Other species of the genus Castanopsis are valuable, 

 thus according to the Rev. B. C. Henry the nuts of the Chinese C. 

 jucunda (Haiice) are edible. 



Castanopsis chrysophylla, A. de Oandolle. 



The Oak-Chestnut of California and Oregon. A tree, attaining* 

 a height of 150 feet and 8 feet in stem-diameter. Either for beauty 

 or utility worthy of cultivation [Dr. Gibbons]. The leaves are 

 golden-yellow underneath. Wood durable, highly prized by joiners, 

 wheel- wrights and even shipbuilders [Dr. Kellogg]. 



Mountains of India, at about 4000 feet. This Oak-Chestnut pro- 

 duces seeds with the taste of filberts. 



Castilloa elastica, Cervantes.* 



Central America, but hardy and fruiting in Florida [Th. Mead], 

 This tree yields India-rubber of a good kind. 



Casuarina Cunning-hami. Miquel. 



Eastern Australia, particularly along river-banks. Attains a 

 maximum-height of 100 feet. The wood is used for yokes, tools, 

 shingles and various other purposes. The foliage is much liked by 

 pasture-animals [A. R. Crawford]. 



