GERMAIN FRUIT COMPANY’S 
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AUSTRALIAN TREE AND SHRUB SEEDS. 
We make a separate category of these, as from their value they are worthy of it. The visitor to 
Australia, at any season, will at once notice that all the indigenous vegetation is evergreen. The writer 
does not know one deciduous tree or shrub native to that country. 
The most valuable are, of course, the Eucalypti. These possess great antiseptic properties, and are, 
no doubt, also of great value in absorbing moisture from the bottom soils, thus preventing malaria. 
Their value as rapid growing timber is also great, some varieties making excellent fuel, while others 
are nearly uninflammable, but are useful in carpentry, and for railway ties, platforms, piles, jetties, etc. 
Others are very ornamental, bearing showy flowers. 
Per or. Per lb. 
Acacia Albicans. Flowers whitish yellow. 
Very compact; lit. 6 ft. 60c $6.00 
Armata. " Prickly Acacia.” Much used 
for hedges. Good for the sea coast; ht. 
15 ft.40c 4.00 
Dealbata. " Silver Wattle.” Very orna¬ 
mental; lit. 15 ft. 40c 4.00 
Decurrens. (See cut.) "Green or Black 
Wattle.” A medium-sized tree of rapid 
growth, very useful for windbreaks. It 
is also very rich in tannin. Wood is 
valuable for fuel, and for turner’s and 
cooper’s work ; ht. 30 ft. 30c 3 00 
Acacia Decurrens. 
Per 07.. Per lb. 
Floribunda. Ornamental, with very 
abundant handsome flowers, valuable 
for lawns, parks, cemeteries, etc.; 
ht. 25 ft. 50c $5.00 
Latifolia. A handsome shade tree, 
succeeding especially well near the 
sea coast. Leaves broad, with yellow 
flowers. Native of South Africa; ht. 
40 ft..50c 
Linifolia. (Flax-leaved.) An orna¬ 
mental shrub, with yellow flowers, 
growing in heads 2 to 4 together ; 
ht. 8 ft. Per pkt. 15c. 
Lophantha. (Albizzia Lophantha.) 
"Cape, or Crested Wattle.” One^of 
the most rapid growing trees for 
first temporary shelter, succeeding 
in the most desolate places, ht. 25 ft 15c 
Melanoxylon. "Blackwood.” In shel¬ 
tered irrigated glens, this tree will 
reach a height of from 80 to 100 
feet, with a trunk several feet in 
diameter. The timber is very valu¬ 
able for all cabinet makers’ work; 
ht- 80 ft..35c 
5.00 
1.25 
3.50 
Acacia Pycnantha. 
