22 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



the same island. The New Guinea Araucaria should also he 

 introduced. 



Arbutus Menziesiij Pursh. 



North- West America. An evergreen tree, attaining a height 

 of 150 feet. I belongs to the coast-tract exclusively. Wood 

 exceedingly hard. The tree requires a deep loamy soil 

 (Bolander); it would here be valuable at least as a highly 

 ornamental garden-plant. 



Archangelica officinalis, Hoffmann. 



Arctic zone and mountain regions of Europe. The stalks are 

 used for confectionery ; the roots are of medicinal use. Only 

 in our Alps would this herb fully establish its value. The 

 root is biennial and used in the distillation of some cordials. 



Arctostaphylos uva ursi, Sprengel. 



Alpine and Arctic Europe, North Asia and North America. 

 A medicinal small shrub, which here could best be reared in. 

 the heath-moors of onr Alpine regions. 



Argania Sideroxylon, Koemer and Schultes. 



The Argan-tree. Western Barbary, on dry hills. Its growth 

 is here found to be slow; but it is a tree of longevity. 

 Though comparatively low in stature, its foliage occasionally 

 spreads to a circumference of 220 feet. It sends out suckers 

 from the root. The fruits serve as food for cattle in Morocco 

 but here the kernels would be more likely to be utilized by 

 pressing the oil from them. 



Aristolochia Indica, Linne. 



Tropical Asia and Polynesia. A perennial climber; the 

 leaves famed as an alexipharmic. Can only be grown in 

 places free from frost. 



Aristolochia recurvilabra, Hance. 



The green Putchuck of China. A medicinal plant, largely 

 obtained at Ningpo. The present value of its export is from 

 £20,000 to £30,000 annually. 



Aristolochia Serpentaria, Linne. 



The Snake-root of North America. The root of this trailing 

 herb is valuable in medicine ; it contains a peculiar volatile oil. 

 Several other Aaistolochise deserve culture for medicinal 

 purposes, for instance, — Aristolochia ovalifolia (Guaco) and 

 , A. anguicida, from the mountains of Central America, should 

 they prove hardy. 



Aristotelia Macqui, L'Heritier. 



Chili. The berries of this shrub, though small, have the 

 pleasant taste of bilberries, and are largely consumed in 

 Chili. The plant would thrive in our forest-valleys. 



