05(5 LKSS IMPORTANT MINOlI PRODUCE. 



the same value in the forest division of Schaidt, in the 

 Palatinate, in 1882. It is well known what enormous quantities 

 of strawberries, raspberries, alderberries, etc., are annually 

 jjathered. In the village of Frammersbach, in the Spessart, 

 children yearly collect these berries to the value of .i'200. 



Mistletoe-berries are here and there collected for making 

 bird-lime. [liranches of mistletoe for Christmas form a yearly 

 artic-li- of trade from Normandy to London, whole steamer- 

 loads arriving from the Norman apple-orchards. — Tr.] 



9. Lime-bast. 



The inner bark, or bast, of the lime tree (termed Russian 

 bast) is used for making ropes, string, shoes, dusters, for use by 

 gardeners, packing material, mats, sacking, cl'C. Lime-bast is 

 used for many purposes in Russia, and exports of different 

 articles thus made from Welisch are valued annually at 

 30,000 tu 10,000 roubles. 



In lirandenburg and Galicia, thin roots of Scotch pines are 

 used for cables, withes and basket-work. 



10. Other Items. 



Among the multifarious forest plants which are used in- 

 dustrially or medicinally may be mentioned : — Orchid bulbs, as 

 salep ; spores of K<iitisciiim davation, for violet powder; roots of 

 valerian and berberry {lierhcris vnhjaris) and flowers and fruits 

 of a number of shrubs and herbs for medicine. Lime-blossom 

 is liabitually sold for tea in Hungary : about 5 cwt. annually. 



The beetle Spanish-lly {Li/tta rcsicatorici) is also collected for 

 sale in Hungary. 



[Tlie items of minor forest ])roduce exported from the Indian 

 Forests, Huch as medicinal drugs, dyes, paper mato-ial (Bhabar-grass 

 — Isc/HtmuiH aiif/mtifoliuin — Daphne jiajyyracea, bamboo, etc.), textile 

 fiJjrcH, lac, wild-silk, honey and wax, besides those already mentioned 

 in former cliai)U'r.s of the jtresent book, arc far too numerous to be 

 descrilK'd here. Reference on the subject is invited to Watts' 

 Dictionary of Indian Economic products, and Fernandez' Forest 

 Utilization.— Tk.] 



