184 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



experiments, only by E. Leucoxylon and E. siderophloia. A variety 

 of this tree, passing as Slaty Gumtree, is much lauded by the Rev. 

 Dr. Woolls on account of the value of its timber. Thrives well 

 around the city of Algiers [Prof. Bourlier]. 



Eucalyptus populifolia, Hooker. 



The " Bembil " or Shining-leaved Box-Eucalyptus. Dry inland- 

 portions of Eastern Australia. Height not above 50 feet ; but 

 stem-diameter to 3 feet. Leaves deciduous for a short time in the 

 year. Likes humid underground. Wood used for posts, hand- 

 spikes, levers and other articles needing toughness ; proved to be 

 very durable [Bailey]. 



Eucalyptus punctata, De Candolle.* 



The Leather jacket-or Hickory-Eucalypt of New South Wales. 

 A beautiful tree, attaining a height of 100 feet or more, of rather 

 quick growth, thriving even in poor soil. The wood is of a light- 

 brown color, hard, tough and very durable ; used for fence-posts, 

 railway-sleepers, wheelwrights' work, also for ship-building 

 [Woolls]. 



Vernacularly known as Grey or Iron-Gumtree. Queensland. 

 A tree of the largest size, attaining a height of 300 feet and a stem- 

 diameter of 10 feet ; delights in the immediate vicinity of rivers or 

 swamps. More susceptible to frost than many other species. 

 [Naudin]. It furnishes a very hard, durable, dark-colored wood, 

 valuable for piles, railway-sleepers and general building purposes 

 [Thozet, O'Shanesy, Bowman]. From cuts into tho stem an. 

 acidulous almost colorless liquid exudes, available in considerable 

 quantity, like that of E. Gunnii. Mr. J. S. Edgar pronounces this 

 the best species for shade in Eastern subtropic- Australia. Prof. 

 Naudin notes it as of particularly quick growth in South-France 

 and North- Africa. 



ZSucalyptus redunca, Schauer.* 



The White Gumtree of Western Australia, the Wandoo of tho 

 aborigines. Attains very large dimensions ; stems have been 

 found with a diameter of 17 feet. The bark is whitish, but not 

 shining, imparting a white coloration when rubbed [Sir J. 

 Forrest]. The tree is content with cold flats of comparatively poor 

 soil, even where humidity stagnates during the wet season. It 

 furnishes a pale, hard, tough, heavy and durable wood, highly 

 prized for all kinds of wheel vvrights' work, and especially supplying 

 the best felloes in West- Australia. The seasoned timber weighs 

 about 70 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



