i ?8 THE USES OF PLANTS. 



(Fraxinus excelsior, L.) ; BlRCH (Betula alba, L.) ; 

 BLACKTHORN (Pr units spinosa, L.), also imported 

 from Ireland ; CRAB (Pyrus Mains, L.) ; FURZE 

 (Ulex europceus, L.) ; HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium, L.), 

 much used for driving- whips ; HORNBEAM (Carpinus 

 Betulus, L.); MAPLE (Acer campestre, L.) ; MOUN- 

 TAIN ASH (Pyrus Aucuparia, L.) ; OAK and WHITE- 

 THORN (CratcEgus Oxyacantha, L.). Among those 

 imported from the Continent are CHERRY (Prunus 

 Cerasus, L.), from Austria and Hungary, especially 

 for pipe-stems ; CHESTNUT (Castanea sativa, Sep.), 

 from France; CORK OAK (Quercus Stiber, L.), from 

 Spain ; DOGWOOD (Cornus sanguinea, L. ; TEAZLE, 

 GUELDER ROSE, or BALKAN ROSE ( Viburnum 

 Opulus, L.), from the Balkans ; HAZEL (Corylus 

 Avellana, L.) ; and MEDLAR (Pyrus gennanica, L.) r 

 from France. From Algeria we get the CAROB, or 

 CARONBIER (Ceratonia Siliqua, L.) ; the CORK OAK, 

 DATE PALM, EUCALYPTUS (Eucalyptus Globulus, Lab.), 

 specially cultivated for this purpose ; MYRTLE, pos- 

 sibly Myrtus communis, L. ; NAN A CANES (Arundo 

 Donax, L.) ; OLIVE (Olea europcea, L.) ; ORANGE 

 (Citrus, spp.) ; BLACK ORANGE, a curious trade name 

 for the Broom (Cytisus scoparius, Link.) ; and POME- 

 GRANATE (Punica Granatum, L.) ; besides the BAY- 

 TREE, or LAURIER THYN, some species of Eugenia. 

 From the East Indies we get numerous RATTAN 

 (Calamus, spp.) and TONQUIN (Arundinaria, spp.) 

 CANES, BAMBOOS, species of Bambusa and Arundi- 

 naria ; from China, the so-called CAROLINA REED, 

 also an Arundinaria from the same country, the most 

 valuable MALACCA CANE (Calamus scipionum, Lour.> 



