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this latter purpose the oil of one of the dwarf eucalyptus 

 forming the Mailee Scrub, a species to which I gave, on account 

 of its abundance of oil, the name "Eucalyptus oleosa" nearly 

 a quarter of a century ago, proved far the best. It is this 

 Mailee oil, which now is coming into extensive adaptations 

 for dissolving amber, Kauri resin and various kinds of copal. 

 Mr. Bosisto's researches are recorded in the volume of the 

 Royal Society of Victoria for 1863; Mr. Osborne's, in the 

 Jurors' Reports of the Exhibition of 1862. For alluding so far 

 to this oil distillation, I have a special object in view. I wish 

 to see it adopted near and far as a collateral forest industry, 

 now that the way for the ready sale of this product is so far 

 paved. The patentee is willing to license any person to adopt 

 his process, and he is also ready to purchase the oil at a price, 

 which proved remunerative to the producer. If it is now 

 considered, how inexhaustible a material for this oil industry is 

 everywhere accessible in our ranges, how readily it is obtain- 

 able, particularly at saw-mills and at splitters' establishments, 

 and how easily the process of the distillation can be per- 

 formed, it would be really surprising should these facilities 

 not be seized upon, and should under such favourable circum- 

 stances not a far larger export of this mercantile commodity 

 be called forth. Those eucalypts are the most productive of 

 oil in their foliage, which have the largest number of pellucid 

 dots in their leaves; this is easily ascertained by viewing the 

 leaves by transmitted light, when the transparent oil glands 

 will become apparent, even without the use of a magnifying 

 lens. Mr. Bosisto is also a purchaser of scented flowers, 

 indigenous as well as cultivated, including even the wattle 

 flowers, for the extraction of delicate scents, under a clever 

 process discovered by himself; and it is astonishing what an 

 enormous demand for these perfumes exists in European 

 markets. This may be a hint to any one living in or near the 

 forests, where the extraction of the scent could be locally 

 accomplished from unlimited resources, with little trouble and 

 cost. 



There exists another special industry in its incipient state 

 among us, which might be regarded as essentially Australian, 

 and which also might be widely extended: I mean the 

 gathering of seeds of many kinds of eucalyptus, and also of 

 some acacias and casuarinas, for commercial export. No 

 doubt the collecting of seeds is effected among the forest-trees 

 of any country, and very important branches of industry these 

 gatherings are, in very many localities abroad. But what gives 



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