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men’s hats,—far better than the largely imported common “ Cabbage- 
tree ” hat, and but little inferior to a coarse Leghorn or Manilla one, (as 
the writer knows from experience.) A serviceable Oil* could be largely 
extracted from the seeds of the Titoki (Alectryon cxcelsum) ; and from 
the aromatic leaves and bark of the Pukatea {Athcrosperma Novce - 
Zelandice ,) a valuable essential oil might also be extracted, seeing that 
from a closely allied Tasmanian plant ( A . moschata), an essential oil, 
called u Sassafras Oil,” has been obtained; and Dr. F. Mueller has recently 
strongly recommended the bark of that tree as a deserving extensive 
adoption into Medicine.” Several Dye-Lichens are abundant in the 
Island, viz .— Usnea, Ramalim , and Parmelia, (P. conspersa , saxaiilis , 
parietina, and per Jut a.) The pure semi-liquid Gum, found in such large 
quantities at the bases of the leaves of the New Zealand Flax, may yet 
be collected and form a matter of export; and Zostera,—useful for 
stuffing mattresses,—(the recently proposed substitute in England for 
manufacturing Paper,) is very plentiful in many of our tidal waters. 
29. Having thus briefly noticed the utile, the dulce must not be over¬ 
looked ; rather, (in the words of Goethe ,)— u Let us look closely after 
the beautiful, the useful will take care of itself.” Not a few of the 
Plants and Ferns of New Zealand have long been cultivated in England, 
from the time of her first British Visitors, and the number of those 
plants is annually increasing. Still, several highly ornamental and 
striking plants, (chiefly confined to forests in the interior, or to sub- 
alpine solitudes,) are believed to be unknown both to European and to 
Colonial Gardens. The most prominent and worthy of them will be 
now mentioned :—(i.) Large Siirubs, and Small Trees. Pittosporum , 
several species; Uolieria popubiea , and II. [. Lyallii, with their several 
strongly marked ornamental varieties; Melicope simplex; Phebalium 
nudum; Leptospennum erieoides; Myrtus, 2 or 3 species; Ixerba 
brexioides; Senecio, several sp.; Leucopogon fasciculatus , and its 
varieties; Dracophyllum latifolium ; Librocedrus Doniana, and Pact y- 
dium Colensoi. (ii.) Small Siirubs. Carmicludia odor at a, and C. 
jlagellifonnis ; Fuchsia procum bens ; A Iseuosmia, several sp. and vars.; 
Copr os in a, several sp.; Olcaria, several sp.; Senecio Greyii; Gaultheria , 
several sp ; Cyathodcs Cokmsoi; Draeophyllum, several sp.; Veronica, 
several sp.; Pimelea, several sp.; and Cordyline, 2 or 3 species, (iii.) 
Herbaceous Plants. Ranunculus insignis, and 11. nivicola, among 
* In 1819 tlio writer sent 2 bottles of this Oil to tho Kow Museum of Economic Botany ; 
ono was cold-drawn, and the other expressed by heat. 
