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MEMORANDA. 
TIMBER TREES oF VicroRria.— The Victorian timber-trees, with few ex- 
ceptions, are not likely to bear the climate of Britain; and in the south of 
England and Ireland, where a few species have been acclimatized, they can 
only be viewed as objects of curiosity or ornament. But in warmer regions, 
nc beyond io. tropies, where it is of importance to raise trees in wood- 
ess districts, none could be chosen for this purpose surpassing and but few 
giiia certain species of ours in rapidity of growth. Thus in Natal, and in 
other countries where fuel is excessively scarce, they might be raised most 
readily from seeds in the utmost profusion. In some of the lower regions and 
plateaus of the highlands ó of Indis our trees vim be equally ae for 
raising shelter plantations, nally. 
The most important ti timber-tree which : we can | offer is the Blue Gum tree 
(Eucalyptus Globulus). It is most readily raised from seeds ; and the seedlings, 
decay as well in water as underground, it is excellent, and it is eligible 
chiefly a natural production of humid ende nevertheless resists well the in- 
fluence of great heat and of hot winds. Several other Hucalypti are of nearly 
as much importance for introduction into iil of the das colonies. Thus 
the Red Gum tree (Eucalyptus rostrata) grows also with r kable peru 
and is recommended especially for plantations in depressed vost 
extremely durable, very suitable for underground work, piles of Vins: oo ” 
susceptible of an excellent polish, and affords roges fuel. It is, like all other 
Eucalypti, most readily raised from seeds. Eucalyptus amygdalina is also a 
timber-tree uick growth, and besides is ec for the extreme abund- 
ance of volitile os in its foliage. "The Stringy Bark tree (E. obliqua) is the 
mi mended where a tree is sought for extensive plantations on 
straightness. The bark furnishes material for rough paper. The other large 
Ewcalypti eligible as timber-trees are E. goniocalyx, E. corymbosa, E. botry- 
oides, E. Woollsii, E. coriacea, E. Leucorylon, E. Gunnii, E. viminalis, E. 
odorata, and E. gersisifblio. The last is the famous Ironbark-tree, so singular 
is, however, neither a large nor a lasting tree, but of great value for the 
quick shelter it affords when raised for protection of other plantations; it yields 
moreover a gum similar to that of gum arabic, and also a good kind of t anner’s 
The W tralian Acacia lophantha, generally introduced here, is also 
highly suitable for the quickness of its growth and readiness with € it can 
as a temporary shelter tree, though never attaining a large siz 
a our Acacia, boves the most valuable is the Blackwood-tree rie Me- 
