190 MYRTACE^E. [Eucalyptus. 



the transplanting of Eucalyptus, the following memorandum was drawn up by Colonel 

 H. R. Morgan, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Madras : 



" The seed, which should be procured in January or February, should be placed in 

 beds in rows 6 inches apart. When the plants are 6 inches high, they should be taken 

 up and placed 6 inches apart in beds ; the roots should be shortened to 4 inches. 

 When 3 feet in height, the plants are taken up with a ball of earth round their roots, 

 moss is bound tightly round the ball, and the plants are left in beds well earthed up 

 about the roots, and watered till the young rootlets show through. They may then 

 be put out. April is the best month for planting, as the plants are then able to make 

 strong roots before the monsoon. When moss is not available, bamboo pots may be 

 used, taking care to keep the large end of the joint for the top of the pot ; the hole at 

 the bottom to be plugged with grass. The plants should be placed in the pots when 8 

 inches in height, and left till they are 2 feet high and the roots show through ; then 

 thrust the roots through, and the plant comes out with a ball of earth attached to the 

 roots. Pits should be 18 inches cube." 



Weight, Mr. Newbery's " Descriptive Catalogue of the Specimens in the Museum 

 at Melbourne, illustrating the economic woods of Victoria," gives 44 Ibs. on an average ; 

 our specimen gave 43 Ibs. The weight and value of P., calculated from the average 

 of the six experiments given at page 203 of Laslett's " Timber and Timber Trees," 

 were W = 64 and P = 534. Wood strong and tenacious, durable, extensively used in 

 Australia for beams, railway sleepers, piers and bridges ; also for ship-building. The 

 wood from the Nilgiri plantations has scarcely been used, except for firewood or 

 charcoal. The leaves give an ^essential oil used in medicine, and paper has been 

 made of the bark. 



Ibs. 



W 1094. Nilgiri Hills, 7,400 feet age 18 years, height 95 feet . . 43 

 W 1095-7. 6,000 2,3,4 42, 43, and 60 feet , 



3. PSIDIUM, Linn. 



1. P. Guava, Raddi; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 468; Brandis 232; Kurz i. 

 476; Gamble 40. P. pomiferum and P. pyriferum, Willd. ; Roxb. tfl. 

 Ind. ii. 480. The Guava Tree. Vern. Amrut, amrud, safri-dm, Hind. ; 

 Peyara, Beng. ; Amuk, Nep. ; Modhuriam, Ass. ; Piyara, Beng. ; Segapu, 

 koaya. Tarn. ; Jama, coya, Tel. ; Pela, Mai. ; Sede, Kan. ; Malaga beng, 

 Barm. 



A small evergreen tree, with smooth and thin greenish gi'ey bark, 

 peeling off in thin flakes. Wood whitish, moderately hard, even- 

 grained. Pores small, numerous. Medullary rays moderately broad, 

 short, the distance between them many times greater than the transverse 

 diameter of the pores. 



Introduced from America and now cultivated and occasionally semi- wild al lover 

 India. 



Weight, Wallich gives 44 Ibs. ; our specimen 42 Ibs. ; Skinner 47 Ibs. and P = 618. 



Cultivated for its fruit. The bark is used in medicine as an astringent, and 

 (or the leaves) for dyeing in, Assam. Skinner says that the wood works well and 

 smoothly, that it is used for wood-engraving and for spear handles and instruments. 



Ibs. 

 1371. Gonda, Oudh 42 



4. EUGENIA, Linn. 



Indian genera of lives. It C< 



\ T oith-Kast and South India a 



a, 4 in the North -\Vest, and 



number in Kasti-rn Denial. Few <>!' them arc. however, of wry great, importance; and 

 besides those here described, it will snlliee to mention onlv one or two of the most 



One of the largest of the Indian genera of trees. It contains about 77 trees, chiefly 

 found in the moist zones of North- Kiist ;md South India and Harma ; 33 occur in South 

 India, and 30 to 40 in IJnrma, 4 in the North-West and Central India, and a lar^v 



