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lino spccitHiMis i>t' llic IMicUos just outxifli- ot 

 Pliiladt'lpliiu oouiify. across (lio Darby Creek 

 wluMv the l>ri(l<ie takes one across to Delaware 

 eoinity. There are some live or six trees in a 

 small clump of woods, the largest of them per- 

 haps fifty feet high, and irrowinj; side hy side 

 with the Quereiis palustris, which abounds in 

 this neijjhborhood. I have been told of speci- 

 mens of the (Jueicns Phellos which formerly 

 irrew in Grav's woods, some four mibs nuithof 

 these of which I am writini,' <;row. 



It would be interesting to know the furthest 

 northern poiiit that this beautiful Oak has been 

 where found growing wild. 



In the same vicinity that I name are scattered 

 speciuKMis of the Quercus falcata, but this ex- 

 tends further up towards Philadelphia city, and 

 even above it, as a large tree grows in Lans- 

 downe Ravine, quite near Horticultural llall, 

 Fairmount Park. Specimens can also be found 

 hi Mt. Moriah Cemetery and adjacent places. 

 The deeply lobed leaves, so tomentous under- 

 neath and so leathery to the touch, make it easily 

 recognized from others. 



Country folks hereabouts call the Quercus coc- 

 cinia the Spanish Oak, but our botanical works 

 sive this name to the Quereus falcata. 



THE EUCALYPTUS. 



BY S., PHILADELPHIA. 



Mr. Elwood Cooper, brought up in Lancaster 

 county, Pa., after making a fortune in the West 

 India trade, went to Santa Barbara, California, 

 and settled down to the cultivation of a large 

 ranche— 4,000 Olive trees, 4,000 English Wal- 

 nuts, 12,.500 Almond trees, and 50,000 Eucalyptus 

 trees constitute a portion of the orchards and 

 forest he has set out. 



Appreciating the importance of growing large 

 quantities of trees and the especial value of the 

 Eucalyptus, he opened an intercourse with Baron 

 Ferd. Von Muller, Director Botanic Gardens of 

 Melbourne, and received numerous pamphlets of 

 the Baron's writing on Eucalyptus. These he 

 has collected and edited, with matter of his writ- 

 ing, making an important contribution to our 

 works on forest culture. Close with as much of 

 the circular as you choose He has sent a gift 

 of a copy of his book to the Phila. Library, 

 where it can be seen. 



In a letter to a gentleman of this city he saj'S : 

 "All of you can have the Blue Gum in your or- 



nammlal iilaiiiaii<ins lor several numtlis in Uk- 

 sunimt r. Plant tlie seeds in October in a green- 

 house, givi' the roots a larue box, put out in Jinie 

 in warm, dry soil, give water sulhcient to keep a 

 lively growth. Thus yr)u can iiave a plant of 

 great beauty by October, ten to fifteen feel 

 high." 



lie also sent seed of twenty-om' varieties of 

 Eucalyptus, a portion of which have been given 

 to Mr. Miller for propagation, at IIorticnllMral 

 Hall in the Park. 



Our friends, in the Southern States f speciall_\'^ 

 should take notice where they can seciu't^ the 

 books on the Eucalyptus and the seed. 



nniTORlAL .VOTJiS. 



Yellow Pine.— It is well worth while asking, 

 What is the Yellow Pine V to remember that in 

 the Pacific States Abies grandis is the Yellow 

 Pine. It is also said that Thuja gigantea is 

 called the Oregon Red Cedar. The Libocedrus 

 decurrens is the Yellow Cedar of the Pacific- 

 coast. 



The Spanish Ohestnut. — This, thou<:h wild 

 in many parts of Eurf)]ie, is now supjiosed to 

 have been originally introduced by. the (Jreeks 

 from Asia. The American species is no doubt 

 truly indigenous to the American continent. 



Willow Bark.— This is successfully used in 

 Russia for tanning pvu-poses. 



The Cinchona in Ja:maica.— In the forestry 

 of this island the Cinchona tree is a leading 

 "staple." It is thought there are 80.000 trees 

 of it. Somebody must use quinine. 



Rapidity of Timber Growth. — We have 



repeatedly given instances of the rapid growth 



of timber, as opposed to the popular impression, 



{ and are glad to insert the following, which we 



i find in a Western paper. We are particularly 



j glad to republish it, as Mr. Schofield deserves 



gi'eat credit for what he has done to stimulate 



timber-planting in the West : 



" Mr. D. C. Scofield, of Elgin, 111., from trees 

 planted since he was 50 years old, has produced, 

 the timber to build himself a fine house. In this 

 he has taken pride to fini.sh it with elegant 



