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THE BLUE GUM, EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 



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THE BLUE GUM, EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 



HE Blue Gum of Tasmania, Eucahjptus globulus of botanists, has latterly 

 attracted some attention, not only as a rapid-growing tree, in climates at 

 all favourable to its development, but also for the antiseptic and febrifugal 

 properties it possesses. Intermittent fever is said to vanish before it, this 

 salubrious influence being attributed to its absorbing the moisture of marshy 

 districts, and to its aromatic emanations. 



It has been observed that wherever this tree grows largely, as in Australia, 



