104 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Celtis occidentalis, Limn'. 



The Hackberry-tree. Eastern States of North-America. Height 

 reaching to 80 feet. Will grow tolerably well even on the poorest 

 soil [B. E. Fernow]. Hardy as far north as Christiania. The 

 sweet fruit edible. Wood rather soft, difficult to split. 



Celtis Sellowiana. Miquel. 



Argentina. Tree to 40 feet high. Wood strong, used chiefly for 

 wagons, posts, turnery. Fruit edible [Hieronymus]. 



Celtis Sinensis. Persoon. (C. Japonica, Planch on.) 



China and. Japan. The "Henoki." A tree, bearing extreme 

 cold. Wood useful for carpenters' and turners' work. Fruit edible 

 but small. 



Celtis Tala, Gillies. 



From Texas to the La Plata-States. A thorny shrub, or under 

 favorable circumstances a good-sized tree. This plant can be used 

 for forming impenetrable hedges, but also shade-avenues. One or 

 two other Argentine species serve the same purposes. 



Cephaelis Ipecacuanha, Eichard. 



Brazil, in mountain-woods, consociated with Palms and Tree- 

 ferns. It is not unlikely that this herb, which is perennial and 

 yields the important medicinal ipecacuanha-root, would live in 

 warm extra- tropic forest-regions. Active principles : emetin and 

 ipecacuanha-acid. Ipecacuanha has in some cases proved efficient 

 also in snake-poison. The plant is best propagated from root- 

 cuttings. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis, Linne. 



North- America, extending to Canada and Mexico. A tree r 

 attaining a height of about 50 feet on streams, easily disseminated, 

 flowering profusely already in a shrubby state, more important for 

 ornamental than for industrial growth, admitted here however as 

 a rich yielder of honey from its fragrant flowers, which last through 

 several months. The bitter bark, particularly that of the root, used 

 therapeutically [Dr. Kellogg]. The plant was introduced first by 

 the writer into Victoria, where it thrives to perfection. 



Cephalotaxus drupacea, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



China and Japan. This splendid Yew attains a height of 60 feet 

 and is very hardy. According to Dr. Masters, the C. Fortunei 

 (Hooker) is merely a variety. A small congener, C. Mannii (J. 

 Hooker), occurs in the Khasia-Mountains. 



