It: 



The tree was then trimmed into the form of a small bush under 6 feet 

 high, the trimmings being distilled for oil (No. 4 in list of analyses). The bush 

 again grew rapidly, and in the middle of October, 1919, had reached a height of 

 13 feet, having grown about 7 feet in height during the four months. The 

 appearance at that time is shown in Plate civ. It was again trimmed into 

 bush form and the material removed distilled for oil (No. 5 in list of 

 ana'yses). The results of these analyses are thus of interest, because of the 

 varying ages of growth of the leaves, and the constancy of the oil products. 



PLATE CIV 



EUCALYPTUS SM1THII. 



Cultivated at Marrickville, near Sydney. Photograph 

 taken prior to trimming, October, 1919. No. 5 in 

 list of analyses. 



In the table (p. 444), No. 6 gives the analysis of the oil distilled from 

 material taken from a tree cultivated at Ashfield, near Sydney, by Mr. E. Cheel, 

 from seed collected by him at Mount Jellore, October, 1915. (See Proc.^Roy. 

 Soc., N.S.W., 1916, abstracts, p. 24.) It will be seen that the characters of 

 the oil from this tree are in agreement with those from the tree grown at 

 Marrickville. 



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

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

 ready response to cultivation. The foliaceous nature of the tree, the somewhat 

 large yield of oil, together with its high cineol content, all suggest the possibility 

 of profitable returns from cultivated trees of E. Smithii. 



