TO PRINCIPAL TIMBER TREES, ETC. 
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Eugenia supra-axillaris, Spring. 
The Tata of South Brazil. Fruit large. 
Eugenia Zeyheri, Harvey. 
South Africa. A tree attaining 20 feet height. The berries are 
of cherry size and edible. The relative value of the fruits of 
many Asiatic, African and American species of Rugenia remains 
to be ascertained ; many of them furnish doubtless good timber, 
and all more or less essential oil ; some probably also superior fruit. 
All such, even tropical trees, should be tested in East Gripps Land 
and other warm tracts of our colony, inasmuch as many of them 
endure a cooler clime than is generally supposed. Hence Anona 
muricata (L.), the Soursop Bush of West India, should also be 
subjected to test culture for the yield of its sweet fragrant melon- 
like fruit, and not less so Anona squamosa (L.), the Sweetsop 
shrub or tree of Central America, for the sake of its very pleasant 
fruit. 
Euryale ferox, Salisbury. 
From tropical Asia to Japan. Though less magificent th*n the 
grand Victoria Regia, this closely allied waterlily is much more 
hardy, and would live unprotected in ponds and lakes of our 
colony. Though not strictly an industrial plant, it is not 
without utility, and undergoes some sort of cultivation in China 
for yielding its edible root and seeds. 
Euryangium Sumbul, Kaufmann. 
Central Asia. Yields the true Sumbul root. 
Fagus Dombeyi, Mirbel. 
The evergreen beech of Chili, called there the Coigue or Coihue. 
Of grand dimensions. Canoes out of its stem can be obtained 
of a size to carry ten tons freight. The wood is still harder 
than that of the following species, with the qualities of which it 
otherwise agrees (Dr. Philippi), This species extends to the 
Chonos group and perhaps still further south, and thus might be 
of value even for middle European forest culture. 
Fagus obliqua, Mirbel. 
The Roble of Chili, called Coyam by the original inhabitants. 
A tall tree with a straight stem, attaining 3 to 4 feet diameter. 
Wood heavy and durable, well adapted for posts, beams, girders, 
rafters, joists, etc., but not for flooring. One of the few Chilian 
trees with deciduous foliage (Dr. Philippi). Its value as com- 
pared to that of the European beech should in our forest 
plantations be tested. 
