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Borassus flabelliformis, Linne. 



The Palmyra. From the Persian Gulf to India, extending 

 to 30° North. This noble Palm attains a height of 100 feet. 

 The pulp of the fruit serves as food. Enormous masses of 

 sugar or toddy are produced in India from the sap, which 

 flows from incisions of the stalk of the unexpanded flowers. 

 By us to be reared for scenic plantations. 



JBoswellia thurifera, Colebrooke. 



India. A deciduous tree, living in arid forest-regions, pro- 

 bably hardy here. Yields an aromatic resin. The real 

 Olibanum is exuded by B. Carter! (Bird wood), of Arabia and 

 tropical Africa. 



Brassica alba. 



Add: Can be grown in shallow soil, even on land recently 

 reclaimed from swamps. It prefers argillaceous ground. The 

 return is in a few months. The stalks and foliage after the 

 seed-harvest serve as sheep-fodder. 



Butea frondosa. 



Add : Ascends to elevations of 4000 feet. 



Camellia Thea, Link. 



This name should be adopted by priority for the Tea-plant, 

 Thea Chinesis (Sims.) 



Carum Petroselinum. 



Add: Always desirable on pastures as a preventive or 

 curative of some kidney and liver diseases of sheep, horses 

 and cattle. The root is also valuable for the table. 



Castanopsis Indica, A. de Candolle. 



Mountains of India, at about 4000 feet. This Oak-Chestnut 

 produces seeds with the taste of filberts. 



Casuarina distyla, Yentenat. 



Extra-troj)ical Australia. A shrubby species, well adapted 

 for fixing the sand-drifts of sea-coasts. All Casuarinas can 

 be pollarded for cattle-fodder. 



Cedrela Chinensis, A. de Jussieu. 



China. An elegant tree, hardy in Middle Europe. It 

 furnishes a wood not unlike that of the Singapore Cedar, 

 reddish in colour, particularly sought for cigar-boxes. 



Cedrela Taona. 



Add : Ascends the Himalayas to 8000 feet. The Bev. Dr. 

 Woolls noted in New South Wales trees so large as to 

 yield 30,000 feet of timber. 



Celtis Australls. 



Add : Ascends the Himalayas to 9000 feet. 



