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recommendation. For a résumé of instances in which it has 
been utilized for subduing malaria, see the Monthly Reporis 
of the Department of Agriculture, U.S.A., 1873, p. 583. 
The experience, however, of the Forest Department in India, 
in regard to the acclimatisation of this Eucalypt, is not so favour- 
able. 
“The Lucalypius globulus has been tried at numerous places 
all over India, chiefly on account of the reports that it would 
prevent malaria, and that it was valuable in reclaiming marshy 
Jand. Whatever may be the truth about these questions, the tree 
has almost universally failed in the plains, and in the Himalayas it 
has only succeeded in a few localities. At Simla, whether from 
frost or for what reason, it seems to die down yearly, sending up 
vigorous shoots to replace the dead stem ; at Darjeeling its growth 
has been slow, and the trees formed merely thin poles, probably 
the effect of too much damp; while its chief success has been at 
Ranikhet and Abbottabad.” (Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers.) 
The following different testimony refers to the planting of this 
tree in Southern India :— 
“ Eucalyptus globulus is to be met with everywhere (Madras). 
It thrives in the most exposed situations, and in the poorest soils. 
Under adverse conditions a growth per annum of from three to 
four feet may be ensured, but in forest soil and a sheltered situa- 
tion, a growth of from ten to twelve feet is not uncommon. Atan 
elevation below 4oooft. the blue gum has a straggling, stunted 
growth, but above that, to 8oooft., no finer or more rapid- 
growing hardwood tree can be found. Private enterprise has 
taken up the planting of blue gum for fuel with an energy which 
in a few years will probably clothe the hill sides with an endless 
succession of plantations in every stage of growth. The price of 
the timber for fuel is three rupees per thousand pounds.” (AMadras 
Mail.) This is, say, 12s. 4d. per ton, and the planting is in its 
infancy. £1 per ton and more is the cost of Eucalyptus timber 
cut to lengths in the large cities of Australia. 
En parenthése, it may be remarked that while we in Australia 
are very prone to recommend Eucalyptus planting to dwellers in 
