colonist, who wishes to pursue an altered path of husbandry, by 
adopting some new foreign plants for his culture, can follow up 
easily enough the enquiry, to which he may be led by the indica- 
tions now submitted. 
The writer found himself surrounded by some difficulty of 
drawing the line of demarcation between the plants admissible 
into this list and those which should be excluded, because the 
final importance of any particular species, for a particular want, 
locality or treatment, c-annot be fully foretold. Moreover, the 
field is so ample from which our plants for novel culture may be 
gathered, that only the first instalment of a suggestive and 
abridged index could be presented on this occasion ; but it may 
be supplemented, as well as the former notes on timber trees, 
should friendly consideration recognize the spirit, in which these 
suggestions are offered. As an instance of the difficulty to 
adduce what is most desirable for an enumeration, such as the 
present, it may be mentioned, that many species of the thousands 
of foreign grasses would be highly eligible here, either for natu- 
ralization or for cultural purposes. A few, however, could only 
be singled out for the present purpose, and this with no other 
view than leading the occupants of our soil onward in some new 
direction for their pastoral or agrarian pursuits. 
The plants, which appear to be of primary importance for our 
rural wants, have been designated in this list with an asterisk. 
Of these, indeed, many are long since secured by the efforts 
of numerous colonists aird their friends abroad, who strove to 
enrich our cultural resources ; and in these efforts the writer, so 
far as his public or private means did permit, has ever endea- 
voured to share. But although such plants are introduced, they 
are not in all instances as yet widely diffused, nor in many locali- 
tios tested. Also, for the sake of completeness, ordinary culture 
plants appear in this index, as the opportunity seemed an apt 
one, to offer a few passing remarks on their value. The claims 
of this contribution on originality must necessarily be very 
limited. What for ages has engaged the reflection of thousands 
cannot present absolutely or largely a new field of research. So 
