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elastic, and durable, liable to warp in drying, easily split, used for wheel-work, 

 carriage -building, tool-handles, ship-building, wood-paving, sleepers, &c. New 

 South Wales and Queensland, the lemon-scented variety in Queensland. In 

 its home it occurs usually on hilly ground. Outside its habitat it has been 

 found incapable of resisting severe frost or excessive drought. It does best 

 with considerable soil moisture, but will grow on fairly dry ground. In the 

 severe frost of 1905 at Lahore young plants were killed but new shoots were 

 sent up from the base ; nursery plants at Dehra Dun are apt to be affected 

 by frost in the winter unless protected. This is the species (var. citriodora) 

 most commonly planted at Saharanpur and Dehra Dun, where it grows well 

 and rapidly, though it runs to height rather than to girth. An avenue of 

 this species was planted in the Forest Research Institute grounds at Dehra 

 Dun in 1914. It also grows well at Lucknow and other stations of northern 

 India. In the Punjab it is less common ; seedlings are somewhat difficult to 

 raise at Lahore. It is fairly common at Abbottabad. There are several 

 specimens in the Nilgiris : Mr. R. Bourne gives the following : (1) Sim's Park, 

 a specimen in the front of the Lodge ; (2) in Mr. C. Mackenzie's garden at 

 Ootacamund ; (3) Botanical gardens, Ootacamund, girth 4ft. 4 in., height about 

 70 ft. ; (4) Sim's Park, compartment 1, in front of Forest Lodge; (5) a solitary 

 specimen growing in the Moyar forest by the side of the Masnigudi-Tappacadu 

 road, where it seems to be thriving fairly well. It was tried in 1913 at Mercara, 

 Coorg, and so far has proved one of the best species experimented with, having 

 attained a maximum height of 21 ft. and a maximum girth of 7 in. in three 

 years. There are some trees at Maymyo in Burma, planted about 1893 and 

 doing well. Flowers February-March, Punjab (Parker). 



37. Eucalyptus Maiden!, F. v. M. 



A tall straight tree with smooth white or bluish bark. New South Wales, 

 at 1,000-2,000 ft., often on steep slopes. It has been tried since 1909 in the 

 Simla hills, and has done well at 4,000-7.000 ft., and moderately well under 

 4,000 ft. elevation. 



38. Eucalyptus marginata, Smith. Jarrah. 



A large tree, averaging 100 ft. and reaching 150 ft. in height, sometimes 

 buttressed at the base. Bark persistent, greyish brown, somewhat fibrous. 

 Wood extremely durable, though not by any means the strongest of eucalypt 

 timbers. It lasts for a long time under various conditions, not only in or on 

 the ground, but also under water, and is said to be immune from the attacks 

 of teredo in the sea. One of the best known timber trees in the world : wood 

 largely used for piles, construction of all kinds, railway sleepers, paving-blocks, 

 ship-building, &c. Jarrah sleepers have been imported into India in quantity 

 for several years past. It occupies an area estimated at 8,000,000 acres in 

 the south-western part of Western Australia, growing gregariously and at its 

 best on hilly country on granite and ironstone, while on the sandy plains near 

 the coast it is scattered and inferior in quality. Its region has an average 

 rainfall of 30 to 40 in., and is peculiar in having regular winter rains from 

 April to October. Where tried outside its habitat it has been found to be 

 readily affected by frost, and to be unsuited for dry soils, requiring a moist 

 but well-drained soil. Its introduction into India has been attempted from 

 time to time, but so far as is known it has not yet been successfully established. 



