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In January, 1912, a seedling of E. Smithii, a few inches high, was brought 

 from Hill Top and planted in a garden at Marrickville, near Sydney. The plant 

 grew rapidly and in January, 1915, only three years afterwards, was 22 feet high 

 with a very foliaceous head. In the following June the leaf portion of the tree 

 was removed and distilled for oil (No. i in the list of analyses below). The foliage 

 grew again very rapidly from the lopped stem, and in December, 1917, the tree 

 was 25 feet high, and was as shown in the accompanying photograph (Plate en). 

 It was then felled to within i foot from the ground, the foliage being distilled for 

 oil (No. 2 in list of analyses). After three weeks numerous shoots appeared 

 springing from the short remaining stem, and at the end of March, 1918, this 



PLATE CM. 



PLATE CIM. 



EUCALYPTUS SMITHII. 



Cultivated tree of E. Smithii, at Marrickville Same tree June, 1919, showing the fourth growth. 



Growth after being lopped. Seedling planted The bush was then trimmed and the leaves distilled 



January, 1912. Photo, taken December, 1917. for oil. No. 4 in list of analyses. 



This is the second head to the tree. 



growth was over 6 feet high, while in the middle of July it was 12 feet, two of 

 the shoots reaching that height ; three of the stems were 3^ inches in circum- 

 ference at 3 inches above the attachment with the main stem ; three more were 

 3 inches in circumference, and from twenty to thirty other shoots, all bearing 

 leaves in profusion. On the ist January, 1919, some of the shoots had sterns up 

 to 6 inches in circumference, and three of them had grown to 15 feet in height in 

 the twelve months. The tree was then cut down to within 3 or 4 inches of the 

 main stem, and the leaves distilled for oil (No. 3 in list of analyses). In about 

 three weeks innumerable shoots again appeared, and by the beginning of June, 

 1919, some of these had reached a height of 9 feet. The tree at that time had 

 the appearance shown in the illustration (Plate cm). 



