144 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Grevillea annulifera, P. v. Mueller. 



West Australia. A tall bush or small tree, with highly orna- 

 mental flowers. The seeds are comparatively large, of almond 

 taste, and the fruits produced copiously. The shrub will live 

 in absolute desert sands, where the other Australian proteaceous 

 Nut Tree Bralejum (Macadamia) temifolium could not exist. 



Grevillea robusta, Cunningham. 



A beautiful Lawn Tree, indigenous to the sub-tropical part of 

 East Australia, 150 feet high, of rather rapid growth, and 

 resisting drought in a remarkable degree ; hence one of the 

 most eligible trees for desert culture. Cultivated trees at 

 Melbourne yield now an ample supply of seeds. The 

 wood is elastic and durable, valued particularly for staves of 

 casks. 



Guadua angnstifolia, Kunth. . {Bamlusa Guadua, Humboldt and 

 Bonpland.)* 



New Granada, Ecuador, and probably others of the Central 

 American States. This bamboo attains a height of 40 feet, 

 and might prove hardy in sheltered places of temperate low- 

 lands. Holton remarks of this species that it is, after the 

 plantain, maize, and cane, the most indispensable plant of New 

 Granada, and that it might be called the Lumber Tree, as it 

 supplies nearly all the fencing and wood-work of most of the 

 houses, and is besides manufactured into all kinds of utensils. 



Gnadua latifolia, Kunth. (Bamhusa latifolia, Humboldt and 

 Bonpland.)* 



One of the tall Bamboos of Central America, from whence 

 several other lofty bamboos may be obtained, among them the 

 almost climbing Chusqueas. This Guadua is stouter than any 

 Indian Bamboo. In tropical America native bamboos are 

 planted for hedges. 



Guevina Avellana, Molina. {Quadria heterophylla, Ruiz and 

 Pavon.) 



The evergreen Hazel Tree of Chili, extends from Middle Chili 

 to the Chonos Archipelagus. One of the most beautiful trees 

 in existence, attaining a height of 30 feet. The snowy white 

 flower-spikes produced simultaneously with the ripening of the 

 coral-red fruit. In the cooler southern regions the tree attains 

 considerable dimensions. The wood tough and elastic, used for 

 boat-building (Dr. Philippi). The fruit of the allied Brabejum 

 stellatifolium can only be utilised with caution and in a roasted 



