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species of eucalyptus, for the details of the dimen- 

 sions of which we are indebted to Baron F. von 

 ]\Iucller. Of later years, as easier tracks have been 

 opened, increased heights have been ascertained. 

 " The highest tree previously known was a Karri- 

 eucalyptus {Eucalyptus colossca) in one of the glens 

 of the Warren River of Western Australia, where it 

 rises to approximately four hundred feet high. Into 

 the hollow trunk of this Karri three riders, with an 

 additional pack horse, could enter and turn without 

 dismounting. Mr. D. Boyle measured a fallen tree 

 {Eucalyptus aviygdalina), in the deep recesses of 

 Dandenong, and obtained for it the length of four 

 hundred and twenty feet, with proportionate width ; 

 while Mr. G. Klein took the measurement of an 

 eucalyptus on the Black Spur, ten miles distant 

 from Healesville, four hundred and eighty feet high."^ 

 Mr. G. Robinson estimated an eucal}'ptus in the 

 black ranges of Berwick at five hundred feet. " It is 

 not at all likely that in these isolated enquiries 

 chance has led to the really highest trees, which the 

 most secluded and the least accessible spots may 

 still conceal. It seems, however, almost beyond 

 dispute that the trees of Australia rival in length, 

 though evidently not in thickness, even the renowned 

 forest giants of California {Sequoia gigmitca). We 



' Cooper's "Forest Culture," p. 198. 



