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season like many other Eucalypts. Thrives also particularly well at 

 the city of Algiers [Prof. Bourlier]. The dry wood sinks in water. 

 E. occidentalis (Endlicher) is the flat-topped Yate, an allied and 

 equally valuable species of South- Western Australia. This species 

 along with E. amygdalina, E. eugenioides, E. globulus, E. Gunnii, 

 E. marginata, E. obliqua, E. rostrata, E. Stuartiana and E. viminalis 

 are mentioned by Bargellini to have well succeeded in Istria, where 

 they were first introduced by the writer of this work. 



Eucalyptus corymbosa, Smith.* 



The principal Bloodwood-tree of New South Wales and Queens- 

 land. A tree attaining large dimensions ; it has a rough furrowed 

 bark and a dark-reddish wood, soft when fresh, but very hard when 

 dry ; very durable under-ground, and therefore extensively used for 

 fence-posts, rails, railway-sleepers and rough building-purposes. 

 Fence-posts from this tree showed hardly any decay after 40 years 

 [R. Crawford], but it is too much traversed by kino to serve for 

 sawn-timber. The bark is rich in kino, which yields about 28 per 

 cent, of tannic acid, while the percentage of tan in completely dried 

 leaves is about 18 [Maiden]. The oil rich in Cineol [Schimmel]. 



Eucalyptus corynocalyx, F. v. Mueller.* 



South-Australia, North-Western Victoria. The Sugar-Gumtree. 

 Profusely flowering. A timber-tree, attaining a height of 120 feet, 

 length of bole to 60 feet, circumference at 5 feet from the ground 

 reaching 17 feet. The base of the trunk often swells out in regular 

 tiers. The wood remarkably heavy, very dense, hard and strong, 

 less liable to warp than that of many other kinds of Eucalyptus-wood 

 [J. E. Brown]. It has come into use for fence-posts and railway- 

 sleepers, naves and felloes. Its durability is attested by the fact, 

 that posts set in the ground fifteen years, showed no sign of decay. 

 The tree thrives well even on dry ironstone ranges. Better than any 

 other species in the waterless regions of the Wimmera [Dr. Rabe]. 

 On the western treeless plains, exposed to hot as well as to bleak 

 winds, this Eucalypt has grown 30 feet in five years, and is the 

 quickest-growing species eligible for shelter and shade, as after so 

 short a time the protecting fences can be removed from the young trees, 

 the latter affording sheltered resting places for the stock [J. Currie]. 

 The sweetish and pleasantly odorous foliage attracts cattle, sheep 

 and camels, which browse on the lower branches, as well as on 

 saplings and seedlings. Scarcely any other Eucalypt is similarly 

 eaten [J. E. Brown]. It should therefore be planted on cattle and 

 sheep runs in arid districts, to furnish additional provender. In 

 ordinary culture the writer does not find this species of quick growth ; 

 but Mr. Brown records that it has grown 7 to 8 feet in a year at 

 Quorn, and that it is one of the most valuable of all trees for the dry 

 and arid regions of South- Australia. It prefers however humid soil 

 near water-courses, according to Mr. Tepper. Has withstood a tem- 

 perature of 18 F. in the South of France [Naudin]. 



