ol 
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 excelswm) ; and from 
the aromatic leaves and bark of the Pukatea (Atherosperma Nove- 
Zelandic,) a valuable essential oil might also be extracted, seeing that 
from a closely allied Tasmanian plant (A. moschata), an essential oil, 
called “ Sassafras Oil,” has been obtained ; and Dr. F’. Mueller has recently 
strongly recommended the bark of that tree as “deserving extensive 
adoption into Medicine.” Several Dye-Lichens are abundant in the 
Island, viz.— Usnea, Ramalina, and Parmelia, (P, conspersa, saxatilis, 
parietina, and perlata.) 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 dulee must not be over- 
looked ; rather, (in the words of Goethe,)—‘ 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.) LAncE Suruss,AND SMALL TREES. Pittosporum, 
several species; Hoheria populnea, and H. {Lyallii, with their several 
strongly marked ornamental varieties; Melicope simplex ; Phebalium 
nudum; Leptospermum ericoides; Myrtus, 2 ov 3 species; Jaerba 
brexioides ; Senecio, several sp.; Leucopogon fasciculatus, aud its 
varieties ; Dracophyllum latifolium ; Librocedrus Doniana, and Dae y- 
dium Colensoi. (ii.) SMart Suruss. Carmichelia odorata, and C. 
Alagelliformis ; Fuchsia procumbens ; Alsewosmia, several sp. and vars. ; 
Coprosma, several sp.; Olearia, several sp. ; Senecio Greyit ; Graultheria, 
several sp ; Cyathodes Colensoi ; Dracophyllum, several sp.; Veronica, 
several sp.; Pimelea, several sp.; and Cordyline, 2 or 3 species. (1i1.) 
Herpaceous Prants) Ranunculus insignis, and I. nivicola, among 

* In 1849 the writer sent 2 bottles of this Oil to the Kew Museum of Economic Botany ; 
one was cold-drawn, and the other expressed by heat, 
