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.scarlet, as begun by Mueller: I shall have something to say 

 al)Out a Crimson-riowering Gum presently. 



Then one firm has :— 



6. "Scarlet flowering Gum, 15 feet, literally a blaze of beauti- 

 ful ricli crimson shade." 



In examining the catologues of Australian nurserymen, I 

 cannot find one which describes the colour of E calophylla cor- 

 rectly. It should be white. One firm calls it "rich pink." 



Several firms, however, have E calophylla rosea in their lists, 

 either without comment, or " Bright pink, 30 feet," or "Similar 

 to E.Jici/olia but rosy pink flowers." 



I think this view of the case is correct; the rose- or crimson- 

 flowering forms, which are large-growing (getting size from their 

 calophylla parent, and their colour more or less from their Jici- 

 J'olia parent). The habit of these trees reminds me more strongly 

 of E. calophylla than of E. Jici/olia, and, as to colour, we have 

 them of all shades of the faintest blush-pink (almost white) to 

 deep crimson. 



The flowers of E . Jici/olia aiiid E. calophylla ai'e honey-smelling, 

 the perfume heavy and oppressive in a room. They flower 

 mostly in December and January, and the climatic conditions 

 in Sydney, during the last season, have induced an exceptionally 

 fine display of bloom. 



I have received from Dr. Prior, flowers, fruits, and seeds of 

 what I call No.l. The flowers are Tyrian Hose in colour; see 

 Plate No. 155 of Rep. de Couleurs. There is a short, white 

 attachment to the anther, which is creamy-white in colour, with 

 a line of Tyrian rose running round the back, and this colour is 

 sometimes blurred. When old, the anther-cells inside take a 

 pinkish shade. The pollen is creamy-white. 



In Proc. Roy. Soc. Qsld., x., 17 (1893), the late F. M. Bailey 

 described " what is probably an accidental sport " in the Mel- 

 bourne Botanic Gardens, with flowers of a "deep rose" as E. 



/cifolia var. Gnilfoylei "It proved to be only a form of 



E.ficifolia differing from the normal plant in its smaller foliage, 

 more compact inflorescence, different colour of flowers, witli 

 prominent umbo to the operculum and slight difference of seed- 



