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Galibis use them to polish their arms, bows, arrows, clubs, &c. The 

 wood of the Indian Dillenias is solid and durable; it is used in 

 building, and according to Wight, who also dwells on the beauty of 

 their foliage, and the size of their flowers, they are highly prized as 

 ornamental plants. D. speciosa is a magnificent decoration for our 

 conservatories, when, by suitable proceedings,' we can induce it to 

 flower. Several pretty Ccmdolleas and Hibbertias with yellow 

 flowers are also cultivated in conservatories of moderate heat. 



make of it. They use it like glass paper to polish the means employed in large towns, use it in their 



their wooden utensils ; and in the northern pro- work." 



vinces of Brazil, even the carpenters, unused to ' See Adansonia, vii. 94'. 



