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for Eucalyptus-plantations. Its wood resembles in many respects 

 that of E. globulus, and is comparatively speaking easily worked. 

 For house-building, fence-rails and similar purposes it is extensively 

 employed in those forest-districts, where it is abundant, and has 

 proved a valuable timber. It is especially esteemed for wheelwrights' 

 work (Falck). Our local experiments showed the strength greater 

 than that of E. amygdalina and E. obliqua, but less than that of E. 

 globulus. Melitose is formed occasionally on this tree and also on 

 the following species. 



Eucalyptus G-unnii, J. Hooker.* 



Known as Swamp- Gumtree, the mountain-variety as Cider-tree. 

 Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, ascending alpine eleva- 

 tions. In the low land along fertile valleys it attains a considerable 

 size, and supplies a strong useful timber. It is this species, which 

 survived severe frosts at Kew Gardens. Bees obtain unusually much 

 honey from the flowers of this species. Cattle and sheep browse on 

 the foliage. Timber found to be almost equal in strength to that of 

 E. macrorrhyncha, E. rostrata and E. globulus. The other very hardy 

 Eucalypts comprise E. pauciflora, E. alpina, E. urnigera, E. cocci- 

 fera, and E. vernieosa, which all reach heights covered with snow for 

 several months in the year. Succeeded well at Arran (Capt. Brown 

 and Rev. D. Landsborough). Any cutting down of healthy Eucalypts 

 in places of centres of populations, to substitute for them in a zone of 

 evergreen vegetation northern deciduous trees extensively, is regret- 

 table, as therewith the far superior hygienic value of the Eucalypts is 

 lost. 



Eucalyptus haemastoma, Smith. 



One of the White Gumtrees of New South Wales and Southern 

 Queensland, abundant in many localities. This species attains a very 

 considerable size, and furnishes fencing and rough building material, 

 also fuel of fair quality. Claims our attention particularly as fit for 

 culture on sandy land, for which very few other Eucalypts are suited. 

 A variety occurs with persistent stringy bark. 



Eucalyptus hemiphloia, F. v. Mueller.* 



South-Eastern Australia, particularly inland. A tree, reaching 90 

 feet in height and 4 feet in stem-diameter. Trunk generally not 

 tall. Regarded as a timber-tree of great excellence. It is famous for 

 the hardness and toughness of its timber, which is used for railway- 

 sleepers, telegraph-poles, shafts, spokes, mauls, plough-beams and 

 similar utensils. This passes at its places of growth as a " Box- 

 tree " and a variety of it as " White Boxtree." 



icalyptus Hcrwittiana, F. v. Mueller. 



Literal North-Queensland. A tree, gaining a height of fully 100 

 feet, with remarkably umbrageous foliage; girth of stem towards the 

 base to fully 12 feet. Wood comparable to that of the so-called 

 " Boxtrees/' but straighter in grain. This species would be parti- 

 cularly adapted for intra-tropical countries. 



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