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the tree was then trimmed into the form oi .1 small bush under 6 feel 

 high, the trimmings being distilled for oil No. 1 in lisl oi analyses . The bush 

 again grew rapidly, and in the middle oi October, [919, had reached a heighl "I 

 1; feet, having grown aboul 7 feet in heighl during the four months. The 

 appearance a1 thai time is shown in Plate civ. It was again trimmed into 

 bush form and the material removed distilled for oil No. 5 in lisl oi 

 ana'yses). The results oi these analyses are tints oi interest, because "I the 

 varying iges oi growth oi the leaves, and the constancy oi the oil products. 



Plate CIV 



EUCALYPTUS SMITHII 

 1 ultivated at Marrickville, near Sydney. Photograph 

 i u prior to trimming October, i • > r • i . No. . in 



1 .1 .111. i • 



Iii the table (p. |ip. No. '1 gives the analysis of the oil distilled from 

 materia] taken from a tree cultivated a1 Ashfield, near Sydney, by Mr. E. (heel. 

 from seed collected by him ai Mount Jellore, October, 1915. See Proc. Roy. 

 Soc, N.S.W., nil'', abstracts, p. 24. It will be seen thai the characters oi 

 the oil from this tree are in agreemenl with those from the tree grown a1 

 Marrickville. 



The data given supplies fresh evidence as to the value oi the oil oi 

 this species, as well as illustrating its rapid growth and vitality, and also its 

 readj response to cultivation. The Eoliaceous nature oi the tree, the somewhal 

 large yield oi oil, together with its high cineol content, all suggesl the possibilitj' 

 oi profitable returns from cultivated trees oi E. Smithii. 



