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EUCALYPTUS DIVES 



A BROAD-LKAF PEPPERMINT. 



This species produces a different class of oil altogether to that from 

 E. Smithii. Under favourable conditions the tiees grow to a fair size, and 

 have often been lopped for oil production. The rate of growth, both from 

 the lopped and felled trees, is rapid, as can be seen from the following 



PLATE XCI. 



PLATE XCII. 



EUCALYPTUS DIVES 



Showing growth of leaves six months after the 

 tree had been lopped. 



EUCALYPTUS DIVES. 



Showing growth of leaves live months after the 

 tree had been felled. 



illustrations. One of these (Plate xci) represents a tree of this species, 

 growing near Tarago, New South Wales, which had been lopped for oil 

 distillation, six months prior to taking the photograph ; while the other (Plate 

 xcn) shows the growth from the stump of a neighbouring tree, felled for the 

 same purpose just five months prior to our visit to the locality. 



