280 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Metrosideros polymorpha, Gaudichaud. 



Hawaian Islands to 6,000 feet altitude, Society- and Fiji-Islands, 

 Howe's Island. In Hawaia the most widely distributed tree. 

 A large tree, furnishing a hard, tough and very durable timber 

 [Dr. Hillebrand]. 



RXichelia excelsa, Blame. 



In the Himalayas and other Indian mountains, up to 8,000 feet. 

 It grows to a large size, supplying boards to 3 feet in width, and 

 is one of the best timber-trees there. Foliage deciduous ; flowers 

 large, white ; wood yellowish. M. lanuginosa (Wallich) ascends 

 there also to temperate regions with M. Kisopa (Hamilton), M. 

 Cathcartii (Hooker and Thomson), M. Champaca (Linne), M. 

 Punduana (H. & Th.) and M. Nilagirica (Zenker), all being 

 tall trees. 



Zfficromeria Dougrlasii, Bentham. 



The "Yerba Buena." Western North -America. A perennial 

 herb of medicinal, particularly anthelminthic, properties. 



Mlcroseris Forsteri, J. Hooker. 



The Native Scorzonera of extra- tropical Australia and New 

 Zealand. A perennial herb, deserving attention, as its root would 

 probably enlarge and improve through culture. On alpine 

 mountains the plant developes most luxuriantly during summer. 

 The Australian aborigines use the root for food. The plant would 

 prove hardy in Middle Europe. 



BXilium ettusum, Linne. 



English Millet- Grass. Europe, North- and Middle-Asia, North- 

 America. Perennial, suited for damp forest-land particularly, the 

 pastural capabilities of which it enhances. On river-banks it 

 attains a height of 6 feet. It is relished by cattle. The seeds can 

 be used like millet, the stems for the manufacture of superior 

 straw-hats. It is a great favorite with pheasants and many other 

 birds for the sake of its seeds, which ripen early in the season. 

 Indigenous in Norway as far north as lat. 71 7 ; [Schuebeler]. 

 Nutritious hay to the extent of 3 tons on an acre obtainable from 

 this grass [Coleman]. 



Mimosa rubicaulis, Lamarck. 



All India, extending to Afghanistan, ascending to 5,000 feet. A 

 hedge-bush, almost inapproachable, growing finally to tree-height. 

 It has proved hardy at Melbourne, enduring some frost. 



ItXimusops globosa, Gaertner. 



Central America. Tree, reaching a height of about 120 feet, 

 perhaps fit like many other Sapotacese for frostless extra-tropic 



