212 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



heat. It was first brought into notice by the Acclimatisation- 

 Society of Paris, and introduced into Australia and Polynesia by the 

 writer. In Fiji it is thriving most luxuriantly, forming, sown at 4 

 feet apart, impenetrable masses. Requires humidity to come to its 

 greatest development. In tropical countries, when cut, it will renew 

 its growth [R. Parkinson]. The Fiji-parrots prey on the seeds, and 

 horses are fond of this grass for forage [Sir John Thurston]. Easily 

 naturalised in tropical jungles to the particular delight of parrots, 

 cockatoos and many other birds. Grain greedily picked up by fowls 

 for food. On sugar-cane plantations of Queensland the horses pre- 

 ferred the Teosinte to young cane. After being cut for green feed, 

 it "stools heavily and ratoons fast," and may be cut every two 

 months for a heavy crop [Bauer]. Seeded also at the Great Bight 

 [Brooks]. Plants raised on the Murray and Murrumbidgee pro- 

 duced over a hundred flower-stems [F. Rosan] to the height of 10 

 feet, with leaves to 2 feet in length and 2j inches in width [W. 

 McGan]. It lives in sheltered places at Port Phillip, affording 

 green feed till the end of April. Each plant requires at least 16 

 square-feet of ground for its full development. Even in regions, 

 where the seeds will not ripen, as in Chili and Texas, this huge 

 grass can be sown for a prolific summer-fodder, from imported seeds. 

 Fit for irrigation. 



Euclea Pseudebenus, E. Meyer. 



Africa, down to extra-tropic regions. Yields the Orange-River 

 Ebony. 



Euclea Tindulata, Thunberg. (E. myrtinctj Burchell.) 



South- Africa. Berry black or red, edible. Other shrubby species 

 from the same portion of the globe also yield esculent fruits, which 

 under superior culture may vastly improve ; they are only small in 

 the wild state. 



Eucryphia cordifolia, Cavanilles. 



The Muermo or Ulmo of Chili. This magnificent evergreen tree 

 attains a height of over 100 feet, producing a stem sometimes 6 feet 

 in diameter. The flowers are much sought by bees. For oars and 

 rudders the wood is preferred in Chili to any other [Dr. Philippi]. 

 We possess congeneric trees in Tasmania (E. Billardieri, J. Hooker) 

 and in Victoria and New South Wales (E. Moorei, F. v. M.). They 

 also are of utilitarian value. 



Eugenia Australis, Wendland. (E. myrtifolia, Sims not Roxburgh.) 



East-Australia. A handsome bush, the palatable fruit utilised 

 particularly for jam, but the seed to be removed from the pulp [Miss 

 Walker]. Careful special culture would probably improve all 

 Eugenia-fruits. 



