SELECT PLANTS, 



READILY ELIGIBLE FOR INDUSTRIAL 

 CULTURE AND NATURALISATION 



IN 



EXTEA-TEOPICAL COUNTRIES. 



Aberia Caflra, J. Hooker and Harvey. 



The "Kei- Apple " of Natal and Kafir-aria. This tall shrub is 

 praised by Professor MacOwan above all others as a South African 

 hedge-plant. It resists severe droughts ; in California it stood a 

 temperature of 20 F. but succumbed at 16 according to Mr. C. 

 Shinn. The rather large fruits are acid, and when boiled edible, and 

 can also well be converted into preserves. They should suit for 

 drying, by which process the sourness might also become lessened. 

 Seeds require to be sown as soon as gathered [Sim]. Allied South- 

 African species are A. Zeyheri and A. tristis (Sonder). A. verrucosa 

 (Hochstetter) from the mountains of Abyssinia has also edible fruits. 

 Aberia is almost congeneric with Dovyalis. 



Acacia acuminata, Bentham. 



A kind of "Myall" from Western Australia, attaining a height 

 of 40 feet. The scent of the wood comparable to that of rasp- 

 berries. One ton of wood yields fully 1 Ib. of highly fragrant oil 

 on distillation [Capt. Noyes]. This species occurs through wide 

 regions in vast abundance. It is the best of West-Australian woods 

 for charcoal. The stems much sought for fence-posts, very lasting 

 for this purpose, even when selected young. Sheep will browse on 

 the foliage, should better feed be failing. Several phyllodineous 

 Acacias now render important services as forage-plants in arid regions 

 of North -Africa [Naudin]. A very similar tree with hard and 

 scented wood is A. Doratoxylon (A. Cunn.), of the dry regions of 

 South-Eastern Australia. 



Acacia aneura, F. v. Mueller. 



Arid desert-interior of extra-tropic Australia. A tree, never 

 more than 25 feet high. The '{principal "Mulga" tree. Mr. S. 



