SELECT PLANTS. 
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Copernicia cerifera, Martius. 
Brazil. This magnificent Fan-Palm, like so many others of this 
noble order, may prove hardy in our latitudes. The stem furnishes 
starch, the sap yields sugar, the fibres of the leaves are converted 
into ropes, which resist decay in water, and can also be used for 
mats, hats, baskets and brooms, and many other articles are pre- 
pared from the leaves. The inner part of the leafstalks serves as 
a substitute for cork. Mainly however this palm is valued for 
its Carnauba-wax. Each tree furnishes about 4ibs. annually. In 
1862 no less than 2,500,000ibs. were imported into Great Britain, 
realizing about £100,000. 
Cryptomeria Japonica, Don. 
In the Azores preferred even to the Finns Haleppensis for timber 
culture, on account of its still more rapid growth in that insular 
clime. 
Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartw. 
California, from Monterey to Noyo, in the granite as well as sand- 
stone formation, sometimes in Sphagnum-moors. Attains a height 
of 50 feet. One of the best shelter-trees on sea-sands, naturally 
following the coast-line, never extending many miles from the 
shores, and occurring in localities where the temperature does not 
rise above 80° F., nor sinks below the freezing point (Bolander). 
Cupressus Nutksensis, Lamb. 
The Yellow Cedar or Cypress of Alaska and the neighbouring 
states. Timber hard, durable, tough and close, also scented, 
worked with ease. Can be trimmed for hedge growth. 
Cycas Normanbyana, F. v. Mueller. 
Another noble Queensland species, deserving introduction, and 
capable of being shipped to long distances in an upgrown state 
without emballage. 
Dammara Australis, Lamb. 
The wood is straight-grained, and much in use for boats, superior 
furniture, casks, and particularly sought for decks of ships, lasting 
for the latter purpose twice as long as the deal of many other 
pines. It is also available for railway break-blocks and for car- 
riages, and regarded as one of the most durable among timber of 
conifer 'ce. 
Diposis Bulbocastanum, Candolle. 
Chili. The tubers of this perennial herb are edible (Philippi). 
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