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EUCALYPTUS PHELLANDRA. 

 A XARROW-LKAF I'HPPERMINT. 



This is another species which shows great vitality and gives an abundance 

 of new growth after the trees are felled. The oil is different in character to 

 those of E. Smithii and E. dives. At certain localities this species grows 

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

 areas. This mode of growth is well shown in the accompanying illustration 

 (Plate xcin), where all the trees in the picture are this species. The photograph 

 was taken in Reedy Creek Gully, a few miles from Hill Top, New South 

 Wales, where this Eucalypt was at 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 of young material growing from the stumps of the felled 

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

 rapid it had been. The fallen logs are seen in the foreground of the picture. 



PLATE XCIII. 



PLATE XCIV. 



EUCALYPTUS PHELLANDRA. 



A. forest of " Narrow-leaf Peppermint," Reedy Creek 



Gully. Hill Top, New South Wales. 



EUCALYPTUS PHELLANDRA. 



New growth from the stumps of the felled trees of 

 this species, showing two years' growth. 



