TO PRINCIPAL TIMBER TREES, ETC. 
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Buchloa dactyloides, Torrey.* 
The true Buffalo-grass of Kansas. Dioecious, creeping, only 
rising to half a foot or less. It is extremely fattening, but apt to 
be suppressed by coarser grasses on places where these are not 
trampled out or kept down by the pasture animals. 
Buddleya Madagascariensis, Lamarck. 
Madagascar. Of the numerous species of Buddleya, the most 
eligible for shelter copses on account of its great size and always 
tidy appearance, as well as vigour and celerity of growth. It is 
ever flowering. 
Buxus sempervirens, Linn6. 
The Turkey Box-tree. South Europe, North Africa, South-West 
Asia. This slow growing tree should timely be planted, to pro- 
vide the indispensable box-wood for wood engravers and musical 
instrument makers, as yet no good substitute for it having been 
discovered. The box-tree needs calcareous soil for its best 
development. Among allied species B. Balearica attains a 
height of 80 feet. Other congeners are B. subcolumellaris, 
B. Cubana , B. Purdieana , B. citrifolia, B. acuminata , B. Icevigata, 
B. Vahlii, B.gonoclada, B. retusa , B. glomerata, B. Wrightii, all f rom 
West India ; further, B. Madagascarica , B. longifolia from Turkey, 
B. Wallichiana from the Himalayas and B. microphyllu from 
Japan, but neither of any of these, nor of the various species of the 
allied Indian genus Sarcococca, nor of several species of the 
Andine genus Styloceras, does it appear to be known what rela- 
tion their wood may hold to that of the true box-tree, and 
whether they are more rapid in growth. 
Csesalpinia coriaria, Willdenow. 
Wet sea shores of Central America. Might be naturalised in our 
salt marshes. Colonel Drury states, that each full grown tree 
produces annually about 100 lbs. of pods, the husk of which, 
commercially known as Divi-Divi, is regarded as the most 
powerful and quickly acting tanning material in India. The 
mercantile price of the pods is from £8 to £13 per ton. 
Csesalpinia Sappan, Linng. 
South Asia. The wood furnishes red dye. This shrub can also be 
utilized for hedges. It would likely prove hardy here in places 
free of frost. 
Csesalpinia sepiaria, Roxburgh. 
South Asia, east to Japan. Can be utilized in the warmer tracts 
of our colony as a hedge bush. It can advantageously be mixed 
for hedge growth with Pterolobium lacerans (R. Br.), according to 
Dr. Cleghorn. 
