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EUCALYPTUS PHELLANDRA. 



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Qiis is another species which shows greal vitahty and gives an abundance 

 oi r.w growth after the trees are felled. The oil is differenl in character to 



those "i E. Smithii and /.. di\ At certain I lities this species grows 



quite gregariously, and is often practically the only Eucalypt over certain 

 areas. This mode oi growth is well shown in tl ing illustration 



Plate v in . where all the trees in the picture are thi rhe photograph 



was taken in Reedj I reek Gully, a few miles from Hill rop, New South 

 Wales, where this Eucalypl was a1 one time extensively exploited for oil 

 production, the trees being felled for the purpose. 



When we visited Reedy Creek two years after the trees were cut down, 

 there was an abundance oi young mat< rial growi from the stumps oi the felled 

 iri. Plate xciv will show how dense this growth had become, and how 



rapid it had been. The fallen logs are seen in the lor. ■-round of the picture. 



Plate XCIii 



Plate XCIV. 



EUCALYPTUS PHELLANDRA. 



A forest of Narrow teal Peppermint,." Reedy Creek 



Gully Hill Top, New i'outh Wales. 



EUCALYPTUS PHELLANDRA. 



imps ot the ti lied ti 

 this species, showing two years' growth. 



