SELECT PLANTS. 
Andropogon argenteus, Candolle. 
Pronounced by Leybold to be one of tbe best fodder-grasses of the 
Cordilleras of Chili. 
Andropogon pertusus, Willd. 
South Asia, tropical and sub-tropical Australia. Perennial. Mr. 
Nixon, of Benalla, regards it one of the best grasses to withstand 
long droughts, while it will bear any amount of feeding. A. 
Haleppensis (recorded before) yields a very large hay-crop for 
mowing, as it may be cut half-a-dozen times in a season, should 
the land be rich. All kinds of stock have a predilection for this 
grass. It will mat the soil with its deep and spreading roots ; 
hence it should be kept from cultivated fields. 
Andropogon saccharatus, Box burgh. 
The stem can be used as a culinary 'vegetable. 
Andropogon Sorghum, Brotero. 
The panicles are used for carpet-brooms, the fibrous roots for 
velvet-brushes. A kind of beer called " Merisa " is prepared from 
the seeds. 
Aponogeton crispus, Thunberg. 
From India to New South "Wales. The tuberous roots of this 
water-herb are amylaceous and of excellent taste, though not large. 
The same remarks apply to A. monostachyus (L. fil.). 
Aquilaria Agallocha, Boxburgh. 
On the mountains of Silhet and Assam. A tree of immense size, 
probably hardy in our warm forest-valleys. It furnishes the 
fragrant Calambac or Agallochiim wood, known also as Aggur or 
Tuggur or the Aloe-wood of commerce, famed since ancient times. 
The odorous portion is only partially distributed through the 
stem. This wood is also of medicinal value. 
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. 
Avicennia officinalis, Linne. 
From the coasts of South Asia to those of South Africa, all Aus- 
tralia and New Zealand. It is proposed by Dr. Herm. Behr, to 
plant this tree for consolidating muddy tidal shores. 
