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SELECT PLANTS. 
Berberis buxifolia, Lamarck. 
From Magelhaen's Straits to Chili. This bush, according to Dr. 
Philippi, is the best among the South American species for berries, 
which are comparatively large, black, hardly acid, but slightly 
astringent. In Valdivia and Chiloe they are frequently consumed. 
Brachy chiton acerifolium, F. v. Mueller. 
The East Australian Flame-tree. An evergreen shade-tree, with 
magnificent trusses of crimson blossoms. Like B. populneum 
(R. Br.), eligible for promenade-lines, when celerity of growth is 
no object. The mucilaginous sap, when exuded, indurates to a 
kind of Tragacanth. 
Csesalpinia brevifolia, Bentham. 
Chili. The pods of this shrub are extraordinarily rich in tannic 
acid, and hence valuable for tanneries (Philippi). 
Cajanus Indicus, Candolle. 
Indigenous also to tropical Africa. Attains a height of 15 feet, 
and has yielded in the richest soil of Egypt 4000lbs. of peas to the 
acre. A crop is already obtained in the first year. The seeds can 
be used as peas in the green as well as mature state. 
Carex Moorcroftiana, Falconer. 
The Loongmur of the Alps of Thibet. One of the best of sedges 
for staying the shifting sand by its deeply penetrating and creeping 
roots. It forms an intricate network on the surface and beneath ; 
outliving most other fodder-plants at its native places, in the 
season it becomes available for cattle and horse-food, particularly 
in the cold of winter, and is held to be singularly invigorating to 
pasture -animals. 
Gereus Quixo, Gray. 
Chili. This stately cactus attains a height of 15 feet, and is one 
of the hardiest species. The charming snow-white flowers are 
followed by sweetish mucilaginous fruits, available for the table 
(Philippi). C. giganteus (Engelmann), from New Mexico, which 
attains the stupendous height of 50 feet, with a proportionate 
columnar thickness, yields also edible fruits, and lives unprotected 
in our clime. It has been introduced by the writer many years ago. 
Citrus Aurantium, Linne, 
In Central India a peculiar variety is under culture, producing 
two crops a year. The blossoms of February and March yield 
their ripe fruit in November and December, whereas from the 
flowers of July mature fruits are obtained in March and April. 
To prevent exhaustion only alternate fruiting is allowed. 
