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(V.) LIST OF PLANTS SUITABLE FOR DUNE-CULTIVATION IN NEW ZEALAND— continued.

Scientific Name. Common Name. Habitat. Growth-form. Remarks. Growth-form. I . _. Quercus alba .. coccinea .. Ilex White oak Scarlet oak Evergreen oak (the " Ilex " of non-scien-tific writers) Post or iron oak Live-oak N. America X. America Mediterranean region .. Tree, deciduous .. Wood valuable. With regard to oaks in general they are not to be specially recommended, on account of the difficulty of procuring good seed and the usual slowness of growth. However, in ornamental planting, as in domains, &c, some of these .American oaks would be very acceptable. Tree, deciduous .. Wood hard, strong, coarse-grained. Tree, evergreen .. Makes shelter. minor (syn. Q. stellata) virginiana (syn. Q. virens) .. Rhagodia Billardieri* Robinia pseudacacia Salix alba • adenophylla _ X. America X. America .Australia N. America .. N. Africa, Asia N. America Tree, deciduous .. Wood very durable. Tree, evergreen .. Wood very hard, tough, close-grained, and dense. Shrub, evergreen .. Of spreading habit. A fodder plant. Tree, deciduous . . Grows on bare sand. Wood extremely durable. Tree, deciduous . . Wood valuable for many purposes. Shrub, deciduous . . Grows naturally on dunes. Most of the willows are true sand-binders. Many more than here enumerated could be used. Tree, deciduous .. Grows naturally on dunes in Euiope. Shrub, deciduous . . A powerful sand-binder. Tree, deciduous. Shrub, deciduous. Tree, deciduous .. An extremely handsome low tree with glossy leaves. Low tree or shrub, deciduous. Low tree or shrub . . Excellent sand-binder. Herb, perennial .. Makes dense covering to the ground. Tree, semi-deciduous . . Valuable for fencing-posts. The name is used with its wide meaning. Shrub, evergreen .. A very handsome shrub. Grass, perennial .. Grows freely on sand. Said to damage teeth of grazing animals. Will grow where hardly any other fodder plant can exist. Grass, perennial .. Will bind minor sand-drifts. Xo value as fodder plant. Tree, deciduous .. Tolerates sea-spray. Other species of Tamarix may also be used. Locust -tree Huntingdon willow Furry willow Many mori caprea caspica daphnoides glaucophylla pentandra (syn. S. laurifolia) rosmarinifolia Goat or palm willow .. Caspian willow Broad-leaved willow .. Laurel-leaved willow .. Rosemary-leaved willow Europe, Asia Asia Europe, Asia N. America Europe, Asia ■ viminalis Saponaria officinalis Sophora tetraptera Spartium junceum Sporobolus indicus Osier-willow Soapwort Kowhai Spanish broom Ratstail-grass Europe, Asia Europe, Asia New Zealand Mediterranean Cosmopolitan Stenotaphrum glabrumt Tamarix gallica Buffalo-grass Tamarisk .. Cosmopolitan Mediterranean region, Asia X. America Europe. .Asia Asia Minor, Egypt Europe, Asia, N. -Africa Euro]).', X. Africa Xorth temperate region Tilia americana Trifolium agrarium alexand, inum fragiferum dubium ■ repens Basswood Perennial yellow-clover Bersin clover Strawberry-clover Yellow-suckling White clover Tree, deciduous .. Wood serves for many purposes. Herb, perennial .. Fodder plant. Herb, annual .. Should be tried as fodder plant. Herb, perennial .. As above. Herb, perennial .. Valuable pasture clover. Herb, perennial .. Grows fairly well on pure sand, and excellently where there is a little humus, as on ancient dunes. The most important fodder plant for dune-culture. Herb, annual .. Fodder plant. Shrub, cvcrgieen . . Apt to become a nuisance, but, all the same, is doing excellent work in New Zealand in fixing sands and river-beds, in which eases it should be exempt from the Noxious Weeds Act. (irass. perennial . . Sand-binding grass, 3 ft. to 8 ft. tall. Shrub, evergreen .. Can be used for hedges close to or on the shore. A good many other New Zealand specie, of the genus will grow on sand, but they are valuable solely as ornamental plants. Herb, annual or biennial Probably a fodder plant of importance for sand-hollows, &c. Herb .. .. ' Fodder plant. Herb, evergreen .. Grows on pure sand. Also ornamental plant. resupinatum Annual strawberryclover Corse Europe, Asia, N. Africa Ilex europaeus.. Europe . . Uniola paniculata Veronica elliptica Sea-oats Coastal veronica X. America Xew Zealand Vicia sativa tetrasperma Yucca filamentosa Common vetch Lentil-tare Adam's needle Europe, Asia Europe, Asia, X. Africa X. America I