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IS also obtained from the corolla. The seeds yield a fixed oil for 

 particular soap. The flowers, for cattle feeding, keep well 

 for a long time. 



Calyptronoma Swartzii, Grisebach. 



West India. A Palm, up to 60 feet high. Advances on tro- 

 pical mountains to over 8,U00 feet elevation. This Palm yields 

 the ''long thatch^' of Jamaica j the foliage furnishing an 

 amber-coloured roofing material more neat and durable than 

 any other used in that island, lasting longer than shingles — 

 twenty years or more without requiring repairs (Juman). 



Cornus florida, Linn^. 



North America. The " Dogwood." A showy tree, up to 30 

 feet high. Wood much in demand for shuttles, handles, har- 

 row-teeth, horse-collars, sledge-runners. 



Dypsis pinnatifrons, Martius. 



Madagascar. This dwarf Palm proved hardy in Sydney with 

 Copemicia cerif era. 



' Eucalyptus Baileyana, F. v. M. 



South Queensland. A handsome tree, content with sandy 

 soil. One of the best trees for timber in the Moreton Bay 

 districts. Trunk 1^ to 2 feet in diameter, 50 feet to first 

 branches (Bailey). 



Eucalyptus corynocalyx, F. v. M. 



South Australia. Sugar Gum-tree. A timber tree, up to 120 

 feet high, with a stem attaining a circumference of 17 feet 

 towards the base. The wood, according to T. E. Brown, Con- 

 servator of Forests of South Austraha, possesses excellent qua- 

 lities. In culture observed by me to be not of very quick 

 growth. The sweetish foliage attracts cattle and sheep, who 

 browse on the lower branches, saplings, and seedlings, — unlike 

 what occurs with almost any other kind of Eucalypt except 

 E. Gunnii (J. Hooker). The base of the trunk swells out in 

 regular tiers (T. E. Brown) . 



Eucalyptus Sieberiana, F. v. Mueller. {B. virgata, Sieber.) 



New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. A tall timber tree in 

 Gippsland, up to 4,^00 feet elevation. This species is only on 

 the highest mountains stunted to virgate growth. Wood of 

 superior quality, light, tough, and elastic, used for swingle-trees 

 of buggies, ploughs, valuable for splitting and sawing, but it 

 will not stand underground (Howitt) . 



