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Cuba, of which the Exhibition stairs were made ; by 

 the HUON PTNE (Dacrydium Franklinii, Hook, fil.), 

 and various other fine woods of Tasmania ; by the 

 TOTARA (Podocarpus Totara, A. Cunn.), KAURI PlNE, 

 and other excellent woods with astringent barks in 

 New Zealand ; and, more recently, by the enormous 

 and abundant JARRAH of West Australia (Eucalyptus 

 marginata, Sm.), which rivals Spanish Mahogany in 

 beauty, and by the other members of that remark- 

 able genus. 



Our limits do not permit reference to the many 

 beautiful Conifers and shrubs with which our gardens 

 have been enriched. 



PART VIII. AGRICULTURAL PLANTS. 



IN addition to the cereals, pulses, and other plants 

 used for human food, and the locally -cultivated 

 medicinal plants, the chief agricultural crops are 

 those species required as food for cattle. Of these, 

 Oats, Rye, Peas, Field-Beans, Maize, and Turnips 

 have been already mentioned. (See Part I.) It 

 remains to say a few words as to Swedes, Mangold- 

 Wurzel, Kohl-Rabi, Grasses, Clovers, and other fodder- 

 plants. 



The SWEDE (Brassica campestris, L., van Napo- 

 brassica, DC.), or Swedish Turnip, is a most valuable 

 food for sheep, yielding far heavier crops than the 

 common Turnip, the introduction of which, in the 

 seventeenth century, effected a revolution in our agri- 

 culture. Swedes flourish in the moist summers of 



