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Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. Some saybecause used against Chinamen. Silver Wattle,owing to the whiteness of the trunk, and the silveryor ashy hue of its young foliage. Thetwo words are frequently made one with the accent on the firstsyllable; compare Blue-gum.

Shanghai, n. 37: The kangaroo-rat is twice the size of a large Englishwater-rat, and of the same colour, measuring nearly two feetin length. Carp, n. elegans, Gould.