EUCALYPTUS TREES. d1i 
requirement of-but little care in the use of the gin- 
machine in finally preparing the raw material for the 
market, the woolly covering of the seeds constituting 
the cotton of commerce. The oil obtained by press- 
ure from the seeds is useful for various technic pur- 
poses, and the oil-cake can be used like most substan- 
ces of similar kind, for very fattening stable - feed. 
Sea Island Cotton was raised in splendid perfection in 
the northern parts of Victoria fully fifteen years ago, 
from seeds, extensively distributed by the writer ; 
but the want of cheap labor has hitherto militated 
against the extensive cultivation of the cotton, and 
so also against the culture of tea and many other in- 
dustrial plants. Cotton having been raised far away 
from the influence of the sea-air, it would be worthy 
of attempts to naturalize various kinds of cotton in 
the oases of our deserts, irrespective of regular cult- 
ure. Our native Gossypium of the interior produ- 
ces no fibre worth collecting. Cotton-plants havea 
predilection for gently-undulating or sloping ground, 
with light soil and a moderate supply of moisture. 
In the most favorable climes, such as that of Fiji, cot- 
ton produces flowers and fruits throughout the year, 
but the principal ripening falls in the dry season. . 
From two hundred to three hundred plants or more 
can be placed on an acre. AS many as seven hun- 
dred pods have been gathered from a single plant at 
one time, twelve to twenty capsules yielding an ounce 
of mercantile cotton. Weeding is rendered less oner- 
ous by the vigorous growth of the plants. Cotton” 
comes well in for rotation of crops. Major Clarke has 
ascertained that crossing cannot be effected between 
the Oriental and Occidental kinds of cotton. A high 
