APPENDIX VI. 



Account of the useful Trees and Shrubs of Chile, drawn up for the Court of 

 Spain, in obedience to the. Royal Edict of July 9,0th, 1789 ; and forwarded 

 with Samples of the Woods, $c. LOth December, 1792. 



The Copy whence this was translated was lent me by a gentleman who was then Secretary 

 to the Captain-General, and in whose office it had remained. 



1. Abellano, Quadria Avelana, grows in the neighbourhood of Valdivia, 

 Conception, and Maule. It grows to the height of six yards, and one in 

 circumference ; three or four yards from the ground it divides into branches 

 of considerable size, and very leafy. Its timber lasts but a short time ; it is 

 used for bands to sieves, for oars and linings to vessels, and for turnery. The 

 flower is like that of the hazel of Spain. The nut is six or seven lines in 

 diameter, covered with a hard shell, containing a loose kernel of two lobes 

 within one pellicle, as large as coffee, but rounder, oily, pleasant, and agree- 

 able ; which is eaten roasted, or ground into flour, or in sauces. The shell, 

 powdered and boiled, is said to be good in dysentery, and the smoke is useful 

 in faintings : chewing it is recommended to sweeten the breath. 



2. Aceytunillo, is found in the districts of Conception and Colchagua ; 

 it grows eight yards high, and one thick. The fruit, which is of the size of 

 the olive, is not eaten ; but the wood is used for turnery. 



S. Albarcoque, Apricot, is found all over the country, and is the same 

 with that of Spain ; but the fruit has less flavour. The wood is used for cabinet 

 work ; it is grey mottled with yellow, and rather brittle. 



4. Albergilla, a kind of Cytisus, is low, delicate, but very strong ; it 

 grows in Conception. 



