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202 SELECT PLANTS. 
head of cattle during 24 hours. Mons. Thozet, at Rockhampton, 
obtained plants 12 feet high and 12 feet wide in damp alluvial 
soil, each with 32 main stalks, bearing nearly 100 flower bunches. 
Euchlcena Mexicana might also be tested. 
Eugenia uniflora, Linne. 
Extra-tropic South America. A tree of beautiful habit with 
edible fruits of cherry size. Dr. Lorentz mentions also as a sub- 
tropic Argentine fruit-species E. Mato. 
Euterpe andicola, Brogniart. 
Bolivia. Ascends to 9000 feet (Martius), an altitude higher than 
is reached by any other palm (Drude). 
Fagus ferruginea, Aiton. 
North American Beech. Grows there under similar circumstances 
as our evergreen beech here. Well seasoned wood, according to 
SImmonds, is extremely hard and solid, hence employed for 
plane-stocks, shoe-lasts, tool-handles and various implements and 
turneries. 
Flindersia australis, R. Brown. 
New South Wales and Queensland. With Araucaria Cunning- 
hami and Ficus Camerana, the tallest of all the jungle trees of 
its localities, attaining 150 feet. Bark scaly, stem with a diameter 
to 8 feet. Timber of extraordinary hardness (Ch. Moore). A 
noble tree for avenues. Rate of growth, according to Mr. Fawcett, 
about 25 feet in eight years. 
Fraxinus sambucifolia, Lamarck. 
Black or Water- Ash of North America. Attains a height of 
80 feet. Wood still more tough and elastic than that of F. 
Americana , but less durable when exposed. The wood is com- 
paratively rich in potash, like that of most congeners. For oars 
and implements it is inferior to that of the White Ash (Simmonds). 
Frenela columellaris, F. v. Mueller. 
East Australia, on bare sandy coast tracts. Height up to 70 feet. 
Timber durable, fine-grained, fragrant, capable of a high polish; 
used also for piles of wharves and sheeting of punts and boats 
it resists the attacks of Chelura and white ants; the roots are 
valued for veneers. The wood is also used for telegraph posts 
according to Mr. Thozet. Present market value, £6 per 1000 
superficial feet. (Queensland Exhibition, 1878.) 
Geonoma vaga, Grisebach and Wendland. 
From West India to Brazil. A dwarf decorative palm, advancing 
up to 3000 feet on the mountains. 
