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about 2i inches long, with a long slender curved point. The 

 fruits are half an inch long. A remarkable tree of this at 

 Powderham Castle, Devonshire, in 1911, was 80ft. high with 

 a girth of 16ft. The spread of the horizontal branches was 

 90ft. It is probably over seventy years old. At Cuffnells, 

 near Lyndhurst, there are trees 35ft. high, from which Mr. 

 Hargreaves sent me some fruits a short time ago. At 

 Abbotsbury there are many specimens which are hardy and 

 thriving. 



E. cordata. Tasmanian Heart-leaved Gum. This is con- 

 fined to Tasmania, where it attains a height of 30ft. The 

 leaves, as the name denotes, are heart-shaped, almost orbicu- 

 lar and glaucous on both sides, with crenate margins. At 

 Abbotsbury this species is thriving surviving the severest 

 winter and freely producing seed from which seedlings are 

 raised. In the neighbourhood of Bournemouth several trees 

 were in flower from December to February 1915-16. There 

 were also specimens in flower about the same time at 

 Broadstone. 



E. pulverulenta . Australian Heart-leaved Gum. Native 

 of southern mountains of New South Wales. This species is 

 not easily distinguished from E. cordata. Usually it has 

 thinner and smoother leaves, and their margins are not 

 crenate. The operculum of the flower is conical and long, 

 while that of E. cordata is shorter and slightly convex. 

 Further, the fruits are smaller with more protruding valves. 

 It grows well in two localities in Ireland. I lately received 

 a small specimen from Mr. E. A. Bowles from Myddelton 

 House, and a typical leaf from Professor Henry. 



E. urnigera. Urn-bearing Gum. Native of Tasmania. 

 This is by no means a handsome tree, often being bare of 

 branches. It is also devoid of glaucous bloom on the branches 

 and leaves. At Abbotsbury this is considered to be one of 

 the hardiest species. Young plants have passed through 

 three severe winters without injury and are now growing freely. 

 There are several trees, the largest of which is 50ft. high by 

 5ft. in girth. I have received specimens of this species from 



