EUCALYPTUS TREES. Papi 
Diospyros Virginiana, L.—The North American Eb- 
ony or Persimmon. A tree sixty feet high. Wood very 
hard and blackish. The sweet variety yields a good 
table-fruit. | 
Engelhardtia spicata, Blume.—The spurious Wal- 
nut-tree of the mountains of Java and the Himalayas. 
’ It reaches a height of two hundred feet. 
Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill.—In our sheltered, 
springy, forest-glens attaining not rarely a height of 
over four hundred feet, there forming a smooth stem, 
and broad leaves, producing, also, seedlings of a foli- 
age different to the ordinary state of Eucalyptus amyg- 
dalina, as occurs in more open country. This species 
or variety, which might becalled Eucalyptus regnans, 
represents the loftiest tree in British territory, and 
ranks next to the Sequoia Wellingtonia in size any- 
where on the globe. The wood is fissile, well adapt- 
ed for shingles, rails, for house-building,. for the keel- 
son and planking of ships, and other purposes. La- 
billardiere’s name applies ill to any of the forms of 
this species. Seedlings raised on rather barren ground, 
near Melbourne, have shown the same amazing rap- 
idity of growth as those of Eucalyptus globulus; yet, 
like those of Eucalyptus obliqua, they are not so easily 
satisfied with any soil. 
Eucalyptus citriodora, Hooker. — Queensland. It 
combines with the ordinary qualities of many Euca- 
lypts, the advantage of yielding from its leaves a 
rather large supply of volatile oil of excellent lemon- 
like fragrance. 
Eucalyptus diversicolor, F. v. Mueller.—The Karri 
of South-west Australia. A colossal tree, exception- 
ally reaching to the height of four hundred feet, with 
