Pepper.] '^^ [March 6, 



come acclimated). The latter withstands intense drought and requires 

 deep and dry soil. 



Besides the above species, among the most robust and advantageous to 

 northern Africa, according to Dr. Trabut, are the following: * 



Eu. tereticornis. 



Eu. amigdalina. 



Eu. botryoides. 



Eu. colossea (Eu. diversicolor). 



Eu. cornuta. 



Eu. corinocalyx (dry soils). 



Eu. gompJiocephala (still rare, but most useful). 



Eu. goniocalyx. 



Eu. leucoxylon (Eu. sideroxylon) . 



Eu, maculata. 



Eu. mulleri. 



Eu. occidentalis. 



Eu. polyanthema (Shaw), Eu. populnea of Miiller, Eu. populifoha of 



Hook, etc. 

 Eu. rostrata (brackish swamps). 

 Eu. robusta. 

 Eu. romeliana (hybrid from Eu. botryoides and Eu. rostrata, leafy and 



strong, obtained by Dr. Trabut). 

 Eu. rudis (large capsules). 

 Eu. soUgna. 

 Eu. mminalis. 



V. 



Where, Whek and How to Grow Eucalypti in These 

 Colonies. 



Eucalypti, like Acacia, Mimosm, and plane trees, thrive 

 Where to grow . . . , , -, ^ -, 



iiieoi. ^^ countries where there are but two denned seasons ; 



yet in Algeria and Tunisia they are only to be grown 



in the coast region, especially in the larger valleys and on the hillsides. 



Neither the extreme cold of winter on the high plateaux of the central 



zone, nor the extreme heat of the southern or Saharan zone and the 



changes between the temperatures of day and night, are suitable to them. 



Adaptable to widely different conditions of temperature, according to 



species and to the composition, depth, dryness or dampness of the soils in 



different parts, yet, in the words of Sir Lambert Play fair, f it would be 



* Dr. Trabut, Professor of Botany at the Ec61es Superieures, Algiers. 

 tSir Lambert Playfair, Consul General of Great Britain at Algiers, Report ou thi' 

 planting of Eucalypti in Algeria, May 16, 1877, No. 21. 



