\ 



570 



ije/-.—'' Teiblanz," in Kew BuU. 1901, pp. 83-84. ^The 



Terblanz {Faurea saligna), J.B.D. m Transv. Agric. Journ. 

 iii. 1904, pp. 126-127. 



r 



Grevillea, R. Br. 



Grevillea robusta, A. Cunn. in R. Br. Prot. Nov, p. 24. 



A tree 80-100 ft. high (Bentham) ; trunk 2-3 ft. or so in 

 diam. Leaves pinnate — 11-21 pinnatifid pinnae, silky below, 

 in all 6-8 in. long and approximately the same in breadth, larger 

 under cultivation. Inflorescence a panicled raceme occurring 

 on the old wood, flowers orange or tawny-orange (Bot, Mag.) ; 

 but not known to have flowered in England. Fruit a folhcle ; 

 seed winged, orbicular or oblong. 



Ill— Bot, Mag, t. 3184; Agric. Gaz. N. S.Wales iv. 1893 

 p. 676; Queensland Agric. Journ. ii. 1898, p, 66 (young plant) 

 Maiden, For. Fl. N. S. Wales, i. t. 1; iv. p. 176; Guilfoyle 

 Aust. PI. p. 247; Gard., Chron. June 10th, 1911, p. 375 (var. 



compacta). 



Vernac. names. — Silky oak, Gigantic Grevillea. 



Native of Austraha, cultivated in the Botanic Garden at 

 Old Calabar, being mentioned as in existence there in the 

 departmental reports of 1897, 1907, 1908, 1909 and in a recent 

 report for Uganda an avenue of the tree is mentioned as having 

 been planted. This is not much to say of the tree in Tropical 

 Africa ; but it would seem to be worthy of more consideration 

 and an extended trial. Maiden {seq. p. 675) states that '' it 

 does well in the Tropics as experience in India, Ceylon, Jamaica, 

 &c. has amply proved," and that it is *' one of the most valuable 

 gifts which Australia has bestowed on Ceylon ; it flourishes 

 from sea-level to 6000 ft. and we do not wonder at its great 

 popularity and wide diffusion," 



The wood is used in Australia for tallow-casks and also for 

 cabinet work, shingles and Mning boards and it has been recom- 



mended for makin 



Museum 



a cask stave from N. S. Wales and specimens of the wood 

 (14| in. diam.) from a tree 20 years old grown in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Calcutta, blown down by a cyclone in 1864, and a 



diam,^ from 



Kew 



i weight IS approximately t; 

 (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb 



rainfall are the main 



ments under cultivation — "in the thick moist woods on the 

 banks of the Brisbane river," where it is surpassed in height 

 only by the Araucaria {Bidwilli, Hook.) of those regions (Bot. 

 Mag. I.e.) — but ** the tree resists drought in a remarkable 

 degree " (Maiden, Useful PL Austraha, p. 551). Apart from its 

 value as timber tree it is worth growing for ornamental pur- 

 poses. It is for this purpose highly prized in Jamaica, where a tree 



