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Howea Belmoreana. 



,, Fosteriana. 

 Livistona rotundi folia. 



,, Woodfordii. 

 Macrozamia flexuosa. 



,, Pauli-Gulielmi, 



,, heteroraera. 



,, corallipes. 



Pseudophoenix Sargentii. 

 Ptyschosperma Macarthurii. 

 Raphia pedunculata. 

 Rhapis aspera. 

 ,, humilis. 

 Rhopalostylis sapida. 

 Thrinax radiata. 



Acokanthera venenata. 

 Brownea grandiceps. 

 Carludovica crinifera. 

 Cordyline australis. 

 Dasylirion glaucophyllum. 

 Ficus elastica variegata. 

 Jmbricaria coriacea. 

 Musa Grilletti. 

 Jasminium angulatum. 

 Pandanus microcarpus. 

 Thunbergia alba. 



Beauoarnea tuberoulata. 

 Carissa sp, Nkandhla. 

 Cordyline lineata. 

 Dasylirion gracile. 



„ serratifolia. 



Ficus pandurata. 

 Hevea brasiliensis. 

 Ipomoea digitata. 

 Musa religiosa. 

 Phyllanthus intermedins. 

 Strelitzia Livingstoniana, 

 Xanthorrea hastilis. 



PHORMIUM TENAX, FORST. "NEW ZEALAND FLAX." 



As frequent enquiries are made as to the suitability of 

 this plant for profitable cultivation in Natal, it may not be out 

 of place to give some information about the plant and what is 

 being done with it elsewhere, premising that there appears to 

 be no difficulty in growing the plant in the Colony since we 

 have in our Museum leaves grown in Natal 6 to 7 feet long, 

 and have seen others at different times nearly or quite as long. 

 The plant belongs to the order Liliacese, and is a native of New 

 Zealand and Norfolk Islands only. An article by Joseph Knight 

 in the Journal of Agriculture of Victoria of June, 1906, gives the 

 following particulars as to this plant, its cultivation, propaga- 

 tion, varieties and extraction of the fibre. 



Class of Soil Suitable. 



It would be difficult to say what soil this hardy plant will 

 not thrive in, but there are certain conditions which it must 

 have to be successful. There is one in particular, that is 

 sufficient moisture. It does not mean as is generally supposed, 

 that it wants a swamp, or a running stream, but a humid 

 climate, so as to assure a constant and steady growth. In the 

 dry arid districts it will be found thriving well along the 

 water channels and where the soil is free it makes wonderful 

 growth. 



