GLOSSARY. 101 



supply to the people of the countries in which they are 

 indigenous, the place of the Cocoa-nut with the South Sea 

 Islanders, and the Date Palm with the Arabs. The plant 

 commonly cultivated in Victorian gardens under the name 

 of Bamboo is of the genus Arundo ; it belongs to the Reed 

 family, and is not therefore a true bamboo. Its proper 

 name is the Danubian Reed {Arundo donax). In New 

 South Wales it is thoroughly naturalized, and is known as 

 1 Spanish Reed.' It is useful as a ' breakwind,' and its 

 rapid growth renders it effective in a very short time after 

 planting. An established plantation of this reed could be 

 burned off easily when cattle were starving for green food, 

 and in a very few weeks it would furnish an enormous 

 amount of succulent shoots per acre. 



Bangalo Palm. 1 — SEAFORTHIA. (Natural Order, 

 Palm^e.) Pp. 24, 92. — The generic name now most in use 

 is Ptychosperma. This noble plant is unquestionably one 

 of the grandest and most graceful of the Palm tribe. In 

 tropical Australia the indigenous species may be found 

 towering to a height of 100 feet. Their feathered fronds, 

 waving in the breeze, have a magnificent appearance. 

 Seaforihia elegans is perhaps the most beautiful of all. 

 Seaforthia robusta is found at Illawarra, New South Wales, 

 where it grows to a height of 150 feet. These tall Palms 

 are of great value in landscape gardening where the climate 

 admits of their growth, as by judicious grouping they impart 

 a charming effect to the scenery. 



Banksia.— NATIVE HONEYSUCKLE. Pp, 42, 204. 



Barley. — HORDEUM. (Natural Order, Gramineje.) 

 Pp. 3, 182. — From the facility with which this useful 



1 Sometimes written Bangalow. 



