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track, root there, and collect a vie d of water-borne débris to which 
each rain adds, until à new hummock arises right in the centre of the 
water-run, Obv iously this rods ends in the Tenovations of the veldt 
and turning the water out of channels on to the 
“Tf you “have soil of the deep, fer tile, taire ical of our Karroo, 
you might grow Pentzia. ut it is not a plant for barren sand.” 
[| Report on “the Government Botanical Gardens at Saharanpur and 
Mussoorie, 1884, p. 9.] 
The Report of the Royal Gardens, Kew, for the year 1873, p. 5, 
states that Ff * Sheep-bush of the Cape of Good Hope” was success- 
fully introduced to South Australia by seed sent from Kew in 1869. 
Dr. Schomburgk, rn’ of the Botanic Garden, Adelaide, remarked : 
* [ raised about 20 plants, which have done remarkably well, and prove 
that our climate is well supe for their rowth. e leaves 
and branches contain an aromatie bitterness which, 1 understand, is 
liked very much by sheep, and which gives the mutton a fine peculiar 
flavour. The plant is easily propagated from cuttings of which every 
one will grow if planted when the first rains begin to to fall.” 
In his report for 1883 (p. 5) Mr. Duthie wrote :— 
“ The sheep-bush of South Africa has been tried in E E 
several years and is highly spoken of as a fodder plant. Seeds 
received at the Saharanpur Gar den from Dr. Schomburgk.” 
The attempt to establish it on the saline or usar lands in North- 
western India, was, however, unsuccessful. After repeated efforts 
Mr. Duthie reported in 1887 “it is needless to make further attempts to 
cultivate the sheep-bush in this part of India.” 
e following later information y ore from the Agricultural 
reece Ms Colony, of December 3, 1891 :— 
G. Alston, of Van Wyk ks VEEP, È A acl responded to our 
TE wat sent a small quantity 7 of the see he Se i 
will be sent to Australia. For Cape € A So be pr ferable to 
get S layers for planting which Mr, Alston is also prepared to 
provi 
: This plant, as Prof. MacOwan pointed out some year fei -— 
natural layers in the loose gravel of the sheep-tracks wora n the 
bushes ; it roots, and collects soil by damming up the LEN ove 
turning the water out on the leve 
Ir. Alston says at the end of his communication :— Our intelligent 
farmers ru. to see the nece sane © of Pus bushes and grass in the 
walk. 
forbidden Dodd? 
SALT-BUSHES. 
In many parts of the world the soil is impregnated with alkaline salts, 
especially of soda, to a degree which is insupportable to most kinds of 
vegetation. Happily, bus fainily of plants, the Goosefoots (Cheno- 
ew), is an excepti 
.. "They are tolerant o od salts, and many s — lenti dn in 
consequence in doc situations in tempe o In the 
