1 86 SCENTED EUCALYPTUS OIL. 



drying up the soil in a great measure, thus help to 

 destroy what is called " malaria. " We believe that 

 in this way the eucalypti, and also the banana, and 

 many other plants, have a very great effect upon the 

 health of a locality. Moreover the cultivation of the 

 soil of itself greatly assists in destroying malaria, 

 when it has been carried on for some few years. 



This question of the capacity of the leaves and roots 

 of trees and plants for transforming and absorbing 

 what is hurtful to our existence, in the decaying pro- 

 ceeds of animal and vegetable substances, has always 

 appeared to us to be one of the most beautiful of all 

 natural phenomena. Before we pass on to other mat- 

 ters, however, we may just mention that an oil has recently 

 been discovered which is expected to prove a valuable 

 acquisition for so-called antiseptic and deodorizing 

 purposes. It is distilled from the Eucalyptus Citriodora, 

 a species indigenous to Queensland, which is deliciously 

 scented. This oil is also expected to be valuable 

 for inhalations in pulmonary affections etc. * The 

 young leaves of this tree rubbed between the 

 fingers have a strong aroma of fresh lemons. Another 

 Queensland variety, Eucalyptus Staigeriana, or lemon - 

 scented iron bark tree, is also delightfully fragrant, 

 and a cosmetic oil of high excellence is distilled from 

 it also, f 



Among the coniferous trees belonging to the forests 

 of the temperate zone, in the Southern hemisphere, 

 which call for a few words of notice, is the Kauri 

 pine of New Zealand (Dammar a Aus traits], a resinous 



* See Notice of this oil in Lancet of Oct. 3rd, 1891. 



j See Select Extra- Tropical Plants eligible for Indtistrial Culture, by 

 Baron Ferd. von Mueller, Government Botanist for Victoria, 1891, p 

 1 88. (Printed for the Government of Victoria). 



