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Canna Achiras, Gillies. 



Mendoza. One of the few extra-tropic Carmas, eligible for 

 Arrow-root culture. 



Canna coccinea, Roscoe. 



West India. Yields with some other Cannas the particular 

 Arrow-root, called " Tous les mois." 



Canna edulis, Edwards. 



The Adeira of Peru. One of the hardiest of Arrow-root 

 plants, and thus well adapted for our clime. Seeds, even if 

 many years old, will germinate. This species has yielded 

 excellent starch at Melbourne. Western Port, Lake Welling- 

 ton, Ballarat and other localities, from plants supplied at 

 the Botanic Garden. The Rev. Mr. Hagenauer, of the 

 Gripps Land Aboriginal Mission station, obtained 220 lbs. of 

 Arrow-root from one-eighth of an acre of this Canna. The 

 gathering of the roots is effected about April. The plants 

 can be set out in ordinary ploughed land. Captain James 

 Hall, of Hastings, prepared also largely the starch from this 

 root. Starch grains remarkably large. 



Canna ilaccida, Roscoe. 



Carolina. Probably also available for Arrow-root, though in 

 first instance like many congeners chosen only for orna- 

 mental culture. 



Canna glauca, Liune. 



One of the West Indian Arrow-root Carmas. 

 Cannabis sativa, L.* 



The Hemp-plant ; indigenous to various parts of Asia, as far 

 west as Turkey and as far east as Japan. Cultivated for 

 its fibre since ancient times. Particularly in hot climes it 

 exudes the " Churras," a resinous substance of narcotic 

 intoxicating property. The foliage contains also a volatile 

 oil, which the seeds yield by pressure — the well-known fixed 

 Hemp-oil. The staminiferous plant is pulled for obtaining 

 the fibre in its best state immediately after flowering ; the 

 seeding plant is gathered for fibre at a later stage of growth. 

 Good soil, well drained, never absolutely dry, is needed for 



