186 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



generally found on coast-sands. One of the most stately among 

 an extensive number of species, remarkable for its dark-green 

 shady foliage. It delights in river-banks, but will thrive also on 

 ground with stagnant moisture. Grows splendidly at the city of 

 Algiers [Prof. Bourlier]. Stems attain a height of 80 feet without 

 a branch and a diameter of 8 feet. The timber usually sound to 

 the centre, adapted for waterworks, waggons, particularly for 

 felloes, also knees of boats. Posts formed of it are very lasting, as 

 no decay was observed in fourteen years ; it is also well adapted for 

 shingles. The Rev. Dr. Woolls, Mr. Kirton and Mr. Reader all 

 testify to its general excellence. 



Eucalyptus calophylla, R. Brown. 



South- Western Australia, where it is vernacularly known as Red 

 Gurntree. More umbrageous than most Eucalypts and of compara- 

 tively rapid growth. In its native forests it has quite the aspect of 

 the Eastern Bloodwood-trees, E. corymbosa and its allies. It is 

 eligible as a shade-tree for avenues, as the leaves stand in a horizontal 

 position. Specially a bee-tree, as it keeps flowering late into the 

 autumn. It succeeds well at the city of Algiers [Dr. Bourlier], also 

 suited for mountainous regions of Ceylon. The wood is almost des- 

 titute of kino, when grown on alluvial land, but not so when produced 

 on stony ranges. It is preferred to that of E. marginata and E. 

 cornuta for rafters, spokes and fence-rails, also used for handles and 

 agricultural implements ; it is strong and light, but not durable 

 underground. The bark is valuable for tanning, as an admixture to 

 Acacia-bark; the seed-vessels of this and perhaps all other Eucalypts 

 can be used for the same purpose. The stem of this tree may occa- 

 sionally be observed to 10 feet in diameter ; it is the only tree in 

 West-Australia, which yields copiously the fluid and indurating 

 Eucalyptus-kino ; this is soluble in cold water to the extent of 70 

 to 80 per cent. Mr. W. Webb, of King George's Sound, informs us 

 that from a well-developed tree as much as from 100 to 150 Ibs. of 

 kino-sap can be tapped during a year, the boring to be done every 

 three months, or the same bores are re-opened, the auger-holes to be 

 made particularly near the butt. This kino-fluid might be used as a 

 protection of wood and perhaps other substances against decay. This 

 species will only endure a slight frost; its flowers are much frequented 

 by the honey-bee. The seeds are well-tasted, and large enough when 

 dropped to be picked by fowl. 



Eucalyptus capitellata, Smith. 



One of the Stringybark-trees of South-Eastern Australia, extend- 

 ing into the dry mallee-country, attaining occasionally a height of 

 200 feet. The timber is principally used for fence-rails, shingles 

 and rough building purposes. Kino soluble in water as well as in- 

 alcohol. This species might with advantage be raised on wet sandy 

 land. Produces seed already when quite young. 



