SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Utilization of Acacia Decurrens in India. 
By C. E. McKENZIE, Ph.D. 
It is common knowledge that South Africa is making great strides in 
the utilization of the Australian wattle tree, particularly of Acacia 
decurrens, for the manufacture of tanning extracts. And just as the 
Australian eucalyptus in California, Italy, India, and other countries 
finds homes which appreciate its many valuable qualities—so neglected 
ACACIA DECURRENS—500 LBS. SEED GROWN ON EXPERIMENTAL 
STATION, NILGIRIS. 
in its native country—and also to receive there the careful systematic 
cultivation which we so thoroughly neglect, so has our native wattle 
emigrated and found, chiefly in South Africa, a home where its value 
is highly esteemed. 
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VIEW OF LAND ON WHICH THE DECURRENS IS GROWN IN NILGIRIS, 
ALSO SHOWING THE BIG FISHING RIVER “AVALANCHE.” 
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