APPENDIX VI. 
~ Account of the useful Trees and Suruss of Chile, drawn up for the Court of 
Spain, in obedience to the Royal Edict of July 20th, 1789; and forwarded 
with Samples of the Woods, &c. 10th 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. Asetiano, 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. 
3. 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. 
