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be obtained from them. The wood can be utilized for shoe- 
pegs and other purposes of artisans. The berries are used 
for coloring of port wine and for other purposes of dye. 
Santalum cygnorum, Miquel. 
South-western Australia, where this tree yields scented 
Sandal-wood. 
Santalum Preissianum, Miq. (aS'. acuminatum, A. de Cand.) 
The Quandang. Desert-country of extra-tropical Australia. 
The fruits of this small tree are called Native Peaches. As 
both the succulent outer part and kernel are edible, it is 
advisable to raise the plant in desert-tracts, where the 
species does not occur, since moreover it becomes gradually 
sacrificed on many native places by pasture operations. 
Santalum Yasi, Seemann. 
The Sandal-tree of the Peegee Islands, where it grows on 
dry and rocky hills. It is likely to prove hardy here, and 
deserves with a few other species from the South Sea Islands, 
yielding scented wood, test-culture iu the warmest parts of 
our Colony. 
Saponaria officinalis, D- 
The Soapwort or Puller’s Herb. Europe, North and Middle 
Asia. A perennial herb of some technologic interest, as the 
root can be employed with advantage in some final processes 
of washing silk and wool, to which it imparts a peculiar 
gloss and dazzling whiteness, without injuring in the least 
the most sensitive colors. Experiments, instituted in the 
laboratory of the Botanic Garden of Melbourne, render it 
highly probable, that Saponin, which produces the froth from 
the soapwort, is also present in the bark of Acacia (^ATbizzia) 
lopliantlia, W. At all events a substance, closely resembling 
Saponin, was unexpectedly detected (in the course of other 
investigations entrusted to Mr. Eummel) in the bark of this 
Acacia, and this substance occurred in so large a proportion 
as to constitute 10 per cent, of the dry bark. 
Satureja hortensis, L. 
The Summer Savory. Countries around the Mediterranean 
Sea. An annual scent herb, from which an essential aromatic 
