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Ill some of the glens in tlie Mount Lofty Range, in South Australia, 

 and at Ilealesville and Gippsland, in Victoria, groups of these '' White "' 

 guins create a magnificent jiicture in the forest scenery. 



Among the dwarf gums possessing the decorative bark, the fSnow 

 gum, Eucalyptus coriacea (pauciflora) , is, perhaps, the finest. A native 

 of the snow-topped mountains, yet it grows well in the lower and warmer 

 situations in the State. The group illustrated shows its dwarf 

 cliaracter, for the trees are over thirty years old. 



One of the fastest-growing of gums is the Mahogany Gum, of Gipps- 

 land, EucalyptiLS totryoides. It is a decorative tree, and has been 

 known to grow at the rate of a foot a month for twelve months in a 

 very happy situation. The tree illustrated, which looks like a forest 

 veteran, is about twenty-eight years old. Eucalyptus radiata, the river 

 Avhite gum, is another decorative type, having a fine drooping habit. The 



