40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36618 to 36621— Continued. 



36620. Eucalyptus gunnii Hook. f. 



From Australia. Received August. 1910. "The tree is usually not a tall 

 one, but in some situations in Australia it is said to rise to a height of 250 feet. 

 No trees growing in the Southwest, howev< r. give proi attaining a great 



height, though some of them are already 00 feet high. The trees are sometimes 

 crooked and irregular in growth. In alpine regions they axe Baid to be mere 

 shrubs. The bark of the trunk is usually rough and brownish, and is con- 

 tinually flaking off, leaving the outer pari smooth. The branches are usually 

 smoother. The foliage is denser and darker than that of many eucalypts, 

 frequently being confined to the ends of the branches, however. The leaves 

 of the young trees are roundish, and opposite on the stem, and these of the adult 

 tree are scattered and lance shaped. They are usually shiny and more or less 

 stiff. The flowers are of medium size and the seed cases usually near] 

 shaped. This species grows well near the coast and for some distance inland. 

 It is a very hardy species, and. since in Australia it grows to an elevation of 4.000 

 to 5,000 feet, it ought to succeed in elevated regions of the Southwest. It 

 endures fairly well the summer heat of the interior valleys, and during winter 

 grows thriftily, even though the temperat ore fall to 20° F. each night. The tree 

 does not furnish an especially useful timber. When it grows straight it is used 

 by artisans for many purposes, and it also makes a fair fuel. It is a very prom- 

 ising species as a forest cover for mountain situations not subject to high summer 

 temperatures. The sap of the alpine form of the tree is said to be used by the 

 aborigines of Australia for making a kind of cider." McClatchie, Bureau of 

 Forestry Bulletin No. 35, p. 64-) 



36621. Eucalyptus stuartiana Mueller. 



From Australia. "The trees of this species never attain a very great size, but 

 they make a comparatively rapid growth during the first 10 years, in some cases 

 reaching a trunk diameter of 1 foot and a height of 30 to H> feet during that 

 period. The tree usually grows quite erect, with a somewhat stocky appear- 

 ance. The bark of the trunk and main branches is rough ami more or less 

 fibrous. It is of a grayish-brown color outside and is salmon colored next the 

 wood. The leaves of the young seedlings and of young suckers are opposite 

 on the stem, and roundish or lance shaped, usually having a distinct bloom 

 on the surface. The later leave- are scattered, lance shaped, or sickle shaped, 

 shiny, and equally dark trreen on the two surfaces. When crushed they give 

 forth a pleasanl odor, somewhat resembling that of apple-. The flowers are of 

 medium size, usually in compact clusters of three to eight. The deciduous 

 covering of the flower buds is com 1. The seed cases are rather small, 



and are commonly nearly top shaped. The species thrives at and near the 

 coast, but doe- not do well in the dry. hot valleys of the interior. It endures 

 minimum temperatures of 10° to L8° I\. and it therefore may be planted in 

 higher latitudes and at greater elevations than mosl species. Upon account 

 of its resistance to frost, t 1 dypl is useful for a forest cover, for wind- 



breaks, and for shade in ravines and on fairly moist hillsides and mountains 

 where, en account of too heavy winter frosts, other species would not thrive. 

 The tne furnishes a timber thai is hard. but. not being straight grained, is 

 somewhat difficull to split. It is useful for fence posts and tor fuel. According 

 to Baron von Mueller, it is employed to some extenl for furniture manufacture 

 in Australia.'" McClatchie, Bureau Forestry Bulletin No. 35, p. 81.) 



