472 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



difficult from seeds ; 4,000 of the former to an acre ; it will thrive 

 even in sand and tough clay, but prefers moist and even boggy 

 land. It ought to be naturalized along swamps, lagoons and river- 

 banks. It can be dried for hay. Finally it is recommended as a 

 plant for game. It ought to suit well for ensilage. In tropical 

 countries cattle have a predilection for it ; there it likes shade. 

 The plant has not satisfied the expectations set on it in Victoria. 

 The likewise borragineous Cynoglossum Morrisonii (De Candolle), 

 of North-America, yields three cuttings annually. Horses and 

 cattle relish it. Cattle are very fond also of the ordinary Borage 

 of Europe, Borago officinalis (Linne). 



Symplocos ramosissima, Wallich. 



Himalayas, up to 7,500 feet. In Sikkim, according to Dr. 

 Stewart, the yellow silkworm is reared on the leaves of this tree. 

 Two allied species occur spontaneously in the forests of East- 

 Australia far south, many in Southern Asia, several in tropical 

 America. 



Syncarpia laurifolia, Tenore. (Met.osideros fflomulifera, Smith.) 



Queensland and New South Wales. Vernacular name, Turpen- 

 tine-tree ; attains a height of 200 feet, with a stem to 30 feet in 

 girth ; rather of quick growth ; well adapted to shade road-sides. 

 The wood is very durable, mostly used for flooring and cabinet- 

 making, as it takes a high polish [Hartmann] ; extremely durable, 

 of excellent qualities [A. McDowall]. 



Synoon glandulosum, A. de Jussieu. 



New South Wales and South-Queensland. This tall evergreen 

 tree deserves cultivation in sheltered warm forest- valleys on account 

 of its rose-colored easily worked wood. Some species of Dysoxylon 

 of East- Australia also produce rose-wood, for instance, D. Frasera- 

 num (Bentham), of New South Wales, a tree reaching 100 feet in 

 height and 3 feet in stem-diameter, with fragrant wood, and D. 

 Muelleri (Bentham), 80 feet high ; the wood of the last-mentioned 

 species is of a rich color, valuable for cabinet-work, and fetches in 

 Brisbane 3 to 4 per 1,000 feet [W. Hill]. 



Syring-a vulgaris, Linne. 



The Lilac. Asia Minor and Persia. This popular shrub can be 

 reckoned among the calendar- and scent- plants. Keeping its 

 odor well in bouquets. The Syringin, discovered by Bernays, has 

 been introduced into medicine [Merck]. For chemical particulars 

 about this glycosid refer to Husemann and Hilger's Pflanzenstoife 

 1884. 



