SELECT PLANTS. 
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Lupinus angustifolius, Linne. 
Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. An annual blue-flowered 
species, preferable to L. luteus for grain harvest. 
Maclura excelsa, Planchon. 
West Africa, on mountains up to 3000 feet elevation. Height 
of tree to 150 feet. The wood is remarkably durable and tough, 
beautifully dark -brown and veined. Birds feed on the fruit. 
Magnolia hypoleuca, Siebold. 
Japan. A stately tree, with very large and whorled leaves. Trunk 
one foot in diameter. Wood remarkably flexile ; used for many 
kinds of utensils. Worthy of introduction as a magnificent 
garden object (Christie). 
Melaleuca, ericifolia, Smith. 
South-East Australia. This tall shrub or bushy tree is of import- 
ance for consolidating muddy shores ; almost like mangroves, it 
will live in very salt ground and in water. It yields also a com- 
paratively large quantity of Cajuput oil. Myoporum insulare 
(TL Brown) can in a like manner be used in tree plantations for 
the sake of shelter on wet saline soil. Melaleuca linarifolia 
and M. genistifolia can also be grown in swamps for hygienic 
purposes and to subdue paludal malaria or fever-provoking 
effluvia. M. ericifolia , so common here, is mentioned in as much 
as the export trade in its seeds promises to become extensive. 
Its branches furnish the best material in our colony for lasting 
easily worked garlands. 
Melaleuca Leucadendron, Linne. 
India, North and East Australia as far south as 34 deg. S. latitude. 
This tree attains a height of 80 feet, with a stem up to 4 feet 
in diameter, on tidal ground; it can with great advantage be 
utilised for such areas. The wood is fissile, hard and close- 
grained, regarded as almost imperishable underground, and resists 
the attacks of the termites. It is well adapted for posts, wharf- 
piles, ship-building and various artisan’s work. 
Melaleuca styphelioides, Smith. 
East Australia. Height of tree to 60 feet, stem diameter to 
2a feet. The timber is hard, closegrained, and stands well in 
damp situations. It is said that the timber has never been known 
to decay (Queensland Exhibition, 1878). Tree adapted for 
swamps. 
