EUCALYPTUS, TREES. ~ 33 
enlightened nations abroad do far.more than this, and 
would not rest satisfied with the greater facilities here 
enjoyed; they provide, with keen forethought and 
high appreciation of their duty for their followers, that 
beforehand which cannot be called forth at any time 
at will. If we examine this part of the question 
more closely, we shall find much to think about — 
much to act upon. Not even all our Eucalypts are of 
rapid growth ; they, further, belong to a tribe of trees 
with a hard kind of wood, which, though so valuable 
for a multitude of purposes, cannot supply all that 
the needs of life daily demand from us for our indus- 
trial work. 
The quick - growing Eucalypts, among which the 
Blue Gum-tree of this colony and Tasmania stands 
pre-eminent, are comparatively few in number, nor 
are these few all of gigantic size. They are, more- 
over, restricted in their natural occurrence to limited 
tracts of country, from which they must be estab. 
‘lished by the hand of man in other soil for the neces. 
sities of other communities—for the gratitude of other 
populations. Then, again, the Pines of foreign lands, 
often impressing a splendor on their landscapes, must 
be brought to our shores—to our Alps—with an inten- 
tion of utilizing every square mile of ground, how- 
ever unpromising in its sterility ; for, after all, that 
square mile represents a portion, albeit so small, of 
the land-surface of the globe. Look at the picture 
on this wall; see how the Norway Spruce (which 
gives us so much of our deals and tar) insinuates its 
massive roots through the fissures of disintegrating 
rocks, or, failing to penetrate the stony structure, 
sends its trailing roots over the surface and down the 
