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South Africa itself, as will have been seen, is not destitute of native 
salt-bushes. One of these, Atriplex Ha Limes, L., reaches the South 
Europe, and is cultivated in the Kew Arboret um. It is not unfre- 
quently cultivated as a mi plant in this country in the Isle of Wight, 
and elsewhere near the s 
In the Report of the Cape | lown Botanic Gardens for 1886, 
Professor MacOwan w 
* Perhaps the most dinis of the sale returns are the seeds of 
the salt-bushes, so prized by sheep farmers in Australia. These have 
attracted much notice among some of our colonists, and have been 
repeatedly asked for both through this icone and direetly from 
Government. We have, however, as I have reported to the Com- 
*Vaul-Bosje, is, perhaps, the bes Kochia pubescens and 
salsoloides ave doubtless as good fodder, but their seeds are not con- 
spicuous like those of the ‘ Vaal-Bosje, and wou e cult to 
collect. I have recorded an instance of the < Vaal. Bosje* being 
multiplied on otherwise useless brak land by the simple process of 
scattering the seed on a! occurrence of rain, and driving sheep over 
the surface to tread it i 
With regard to the Rec merits as fodder piss of the Aantratiatt 
salt-bush (Atriplex nummularia) and the Cape salt-bush (Atriplex 
Halimus) the following analysis is published in the Agricultural 
Journal of Cape Colony : ':—In the last issue (Vol. VI. page 180), Pro- 
fessor MacO wan offers some remarks on an analysis of the Australian 
salt-bush (Atriplex nummularia). A comparison of the results there 
mentioned with those of an analysis of the Cape salt-bush (Atriplex 
Halimus) performed by us some time ago may possibly be of interest. 
Australian. Cape. 
Carbohydrates - - - 42°85 - 63:37 
Oily matter - - - 218 - 
Albuminoids - - - 16°45 - 4-78 
Ta Fibre - ana Bea. - 7°98 
á : - > Ol28 E 23°87 
It will be observed that according to above results, the carbohydrates 
which constitute the fat-forming ma par excellence in plants are 
more abundant in the Cape plant. The Australian salt-bush on the 
other hand contains a good deal more albuminoid, 7.e., nitrogenous or 
strength giving constit uents. 
Omas. F. Junrrz, Senior Analyst. 
few other Australian salt-bushes belonging to the genus Atriplex 
may be briefly described :— 
Atriplex halimoides, Lindl, A procumbent or diffuse under-shrub. 
Queensland to South Australia and gregarious over the greater part of 
the saline desert interior of Australia. Mueller describes it as “one of 
the best dwarf Vend for salt-bush pastures.” Raised readily from 
seed. Cultivated at 
Atriplex oc nt a E. V. Muell. A strong plant with a thick stock 
and herbaceo cao nt stems extending to 1 to 2 feet. The whole 
lant is more or less hoary or white with a iid tomentum. East 
Australia. Mueller states :—Another of the perennial salt-bushes which 
render many dry and sterile tracts valuable for sheep pastures, It will 
