$43 
against 1:028 in an equal quantity of first class clover hay. Each 
100 Ibs. of Tragasaste fodder is calculated to produce 2-60 Ibs. of flesh. 
Animals fed upon it come into condition more rapidly and in a greater 
degree than with any other sort of food, except corn. 
Tt is said that animals in Madeira fed on Tagasaste E — fatten 
more rapidly than with any other fodder, or than his is 
thought to be due to the presence in the plant of an uim oil, which 
retards the waste of tissue, and so promotes fattenin he very favour- 
1889. W. iier Conservator of Forests, einen in the id OURNAL 
OF THE CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Tagasaste is sown in 8 or 10 of the forest nurseries in the forest 
country north of King William's Town. The seed was obtained partly 
in the colony and partly from Paris. Both samples of seed germinated 
equally well. А good deal of it was eaten down by insects during the 
stormy weather of the summer rains, and it does not appear to be hardy 
against either frost, drought, or the wee s dt. the prope but when 
kept in the nurseries and cared for it pw well. am informed that 
its progress since I left that part of the Colony is good. 
Ехтвлстз from REPORT of ADELAIDE BOTANIC GARDEN (р. 6). 
Dr. Sehomburgk* writes:—I feel it desirable once more to direct 
attention to the Tagasaste. It seems that its value as a fodder plant is 
fully recognised in the neighbouring colonies. In a letter from Mr. G. 
Kuch, from Gippsland, to whom I forwarded some of the seed, that 
gentleman writes as follows :—“ It is now four years since I sowed 
* the seed of the Tagasaste, and the shrubs have reached a height of 
“ from 13 feet to 14 MT The pel gs have been clipped several times 
* during the summer months. clippings are eaten with 
* avidity by cattle d cep. ghe. clipping, the branches soon start 
“ growing again. The shrub appears to thrive better in sandy soil, and 
to grow more vigorously than in heavy ground. It possesses another 
* property, which will be of immense value to apiarists in places where 
“ it is cultivated : it flowers from May to September; during this 
agasaste is most valuable to those e in bee-culture. Indeed, 
ean confirm Mr. Kuch’s statement in this respect, for the trees that 
are in the Botanic Garden are covered with bees during the flowering 
season. 
Mr. FREDERICK T be Botanist to the ——— of Agriculture, 
w South Wales, reports ad — 
A Canary Lana shrub called Tagasaste is now occupying much 
attention in some x ade which experience will eventually prove to 
* Itis with t regret that the death must now be recorded of the accomplished — 
| Director of is Boule Gardens, Adelaide, on the 24th March 1891, aged 80. : 
