52 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



adapted for ship-building. The resin is pale and smells like frankin- 

 cense [Lawson]. The tree is most frequently found on rocky 

 eminences almost destitute of water [J. Hoopes] . It is hardier than 

 any other congener, having withstood the frosts of Norway up to 

 latitude 61 15' [Schuebeler]. Endures also the clime in many parts 

 of Scotland. Grows more slowly in Australia than the native species. 



Araucaria Rulei, F. v. Mueller. (A. Muelleri, Brongniart.) 



New Caledonia. A magnificent tree, with large shining leaves ; 

 doubtless not merely of decorative but also of utilitarian value. A 

 Balansae and A. montana (Brongniart) come from the same island, 

 A. Hunsteinii (Schumann), from Northern New Guinea. 



Arauja sericifira, Brotero. (^4. albens, G. Don.) 



Southern Brazil. This plant proved hardy at Toulouse. The fibre 

 of the bast is tough and of a silky softness [Dr. Clos] . 



Arbutus Menziesii, Pursh. 



North -Western America. An evergreen tree, attaining a height 

 of 150 feet, with a stem reaching 8 feet in diameter. It is of com- 

 paratively quick growth [Dr. Gibbons] ; it belongs to the coast-tract 

 exclusively. Wood exceedingly hard, not apt to rend, splendid for 

 furniture. The tree requires a deep loamy soil [Bolander], and is fit 

 only for shady, irrigated woodlands ; likes the company of Pinus 

 Douglasii and of Sequoias. It would be valuable at least as a highly 

 ornamental garden- or park-plant, being the tallest among about a 

 thousand Ericeae of the world. 



Archangelica officinalis, Hoffmann. 



Arctic zone and mountain-regions of many parts of Europe. The 

 young shoots and leaf -stalks of this biennial herb are used for 

 Angelica-confectionery ; the roots are of medicinal use, and likewise 

 they are chosen as well as the fruitlets for the distillation of some 

 cordials. They promote digestion, and stimulate the mucous mem- 

 branes into increased secretions. Hardy in Norway to lat. 71 10' 

 [Schuebeler]. In any sub-alpine regions this plant would particularly 

 establish its value. The surprisingly gigantic Angelica ursina, 

 Hegel (Angelophyllum ursinum, Ruprecht) forms a conspicuous 

 feature in the landscape of Kamtschatka and Sachalin. It is deline- 

 ated on plate XVI. of Lindley and Moore's Treasury of Botany ; it 

 ought to become an important plant for annual scenic culture. 



Arctostaphylos uva ursi, Adanson. 



Europe, Northern Asia and North- America, in colder regions, 

 extending to the arctics. A medicinal small shrub, which could best 

 be reared in the heath-moors of alpine tracts. Long known as a 

 powerful diuretic. Valuable also as a honey-yielding plant [Cook]. 

 Berries used for preserves. 



