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C. nutans, etc. The roots of most of these contain starch, 

 and are edible. The general name of this genus is ' Palm 

 Lily J but in the South Sea Islands it is known as the 'Ti-tree,' 

 the ti being pronounced tea or tee, hence the mistake often 

 noticed in various Australian publications of writing ti-tree 

 for tea -tree, the latter name having been first given to 

 a species of Melaleuca or Leptospernum (Myrtacece), by 

 Captain Cook, on one of his first voyages of discovery, his 

 crew having employed its leaves as a substitute for tea. It 

 may be remarked that the natives of Sumatra and other 

 islands of the Malayan Archipelago also use as a substitute 

 for tea, the leaves of an allied plant — Glaphyria nitida — 

 ' Tree of long life,' which they also call tea-tree. The so- 

 called Australian tea-tree is much employed in the colonies 

 for making rough brooms, and for roofing plant sheds, etc. 



Durabbe.— SYZYGIUM MOOREI. (Natural Order, 

 Myrtace.e.) See chapter 'Australian Vegetation,' p. 91. 



Edging or Border Box.— BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS. 

 (Natural Order, Euphorbiace^.) Pp. 30, 194. — The dwarf 

 variety of this plant is well known throughout civilised 

 countries from its very extensive use in forming edges or 

 borders to flower-beds, especially to those laid out in the 

 formal, or geometric style. The Box Tree varies in height 

 from 3 to 30 feet. The wood is hard, heavy, and close- 

 grained ; and these characteristics, combined with its light 

 colour, cause it to be esteemed by engravers beyond all 

 other woods. Trials of various colonial woods recently 

 made by the writer lead to the hope that it is possible to 



