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fully the trees grew, ordered some Government hind to be 

 planted, and this was the commencement of planting on a 

 large scale. 



The tree at Gaton far outstrips any other on these hills. 

 At six feet from the ground it girths fourteen feet and has Size of Euca- 

 four hundred cubic feet of timber. There are trees in my !yP tus - 

 garden " The Retreat" planted about 1857 averaging one 

 hundred and forty feet in height and eight feet round, at 

 three feet from the ground. They are, of course, specially 

 fine trees grown on a loose bank of earth and much 

 sheltered. There are twelve that contain one hundred and 

 fifty cubic feet of timber up to one hundred feet from the 

 ground leaving forty feet of top. 



I had a tree, cut down at Tudor Hall, about the year 1868, 

 it was an average tree grown in good soil. Mr. Broughton, 

 the Government Quinologist, and myself had it carefully 

 weighed, the total weight of tree including top, roots, &c., 

 was one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, of this 

 sixty per cent, was moisture. The age of the tree was eight 

 years. The growth of the Eucalyptus averages eight feet a 

 year up to a certain age, which may be taken at about fifteen 

 years. I have measured many trees about one hundred and 

 forty feet in height at that age, after this age, the trees seem 

 to increase in bulk, but not in height. The Eucalyptus has 

 been credited with keeping off malaria in marshy places by 

 the aromatic scent of its leaves ; this is only partly correct, 

 for the fact is that the tree having very powerful roots, pierces 

 through the bed of clay that retains the moisture, and thus 

 drains marshy lands, for the water descends to a lower level. Eucalyptus 

 I have, on these hills, seen small ponds and streams dried up Globulus. 

 where Eucalypti have been planted. In many parts of 

 Italy where Finns Maritima has been planted, the ground 

 has been completely drained, and the malaria banished. At 

 Arcachou, in France, there was a very considerable tract of 

 land, full of marshes, with stunted Oak, Bech and Elm grow- 

 ing, the place was the resort of snipe and woodcock. The 

 trees were cut down, and the whole planted with the turpen- 

 tine yielding fir, the result was that the ground was com- 



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