64' SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



chestnuts. Other species of the genus Castanopsis are valu- 

 able. 



Castanopsis chrysophylla, A. deCandoIIe. 



The Oak Chestnut o£ California and Oregon, A tree attaining 

 a large size and beautiful outlines. The leaves are golden 

 yellow underneath. Wood durable. 



Castanopsis ludica, A. deCandoUe. 



Mountains of India, at about 4,000 feet. This Oak Chestnut 

 produces seeds with the taste of filberts. 



Gasnarina Decaisneana, F. v. Mueller. 



Central Australia, where it is the only species of the genus. 

 This tree is one of the largest among its congeners, and parti- 

 cularly valuable for arid regions. 



Casuarina distyla, Ventenat. 



Extra-tropical Australia. A shrubby species, well adapted for 

 fixing the sand-drifts of sea-coasts. All Casuarinas can be 

 pollarded for cattle fodder. 



Casuarina eqnisetifolia, Forster. 



East Africa, South Asia, North Australia, Polynesia. Attains 

 a maximum height of 150 feet. Splendid for fuel, giving 

 great heat arid leaving little ashes. The timber is tough, 

 nicely marked. The tree will live'' in somewhat saline soil at 

 the edge of the sea. Captain Campbell-Walker estim&,tes the 

 yield of firewood from this tree four times as great as the 

 return from any tree of the forests of Prance. In India it 

 grows on pure sand and is much used as fuel for railway loco- 

 motives. The cost of rearing Casuarinas in India has been 

 from £4 to £10, and the return after only 8 years £13 to £32. 



Casuarina Fraseriana, Miquel. 



South- West Australia. A middle-sized tree ; the wood easily 

 split into shingles. The best furniture wood of South- 

 Western Austraha, as it does not rend. This tree is adapted 

 even for sterile heath land. 



Casuarina glanca, Sieber. 



The Desert Sheoak, widely distributed through Australia, but 

 nowhere in forest-like masses. This species attains, in favour- 

 able places, a height of 80 feet. Its hard durable wood is 

 valuable ; used for staves (Woolls) . Important for its rapid 



