204 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Eucalyptus Raveretiana, F. v. Mueller.* 



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 -coloured wood, 

 valuable for piles, railway-sleepers and general building purposes 

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

 acidulous almost colourless 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 America. 



Eucalyptus redunca, Schauer.* 



The White Gumtree of Western Australia, the Wandoo of the 

 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 colouration 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- 

 wrights' work, and especially supplying the best felloes in West- 

 Australia. The seasoned timber weighs 70 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Eucalyptus resinifera, Smith.* 



The Red Mahogany -Eucalypt of South-Queensland and New South 

 Wales. A superior timber-tree, of large size. Wood much prized 

 for its strength and durability [Rev. Dr. Woolls]. Used in Sydney 

 for wood-hricks, also particularly good for fuel. This Eucalyptus 

 has proved one of the best adapted for a tropical clime ; it grew 

 45 feet in ten years at Lucknow, but in the best soil it has attained 

 12 feet in two years [Dr. Bonavia]. Does well at the city of Algiers 

 [Prof. Bourlier]. Proved in Italy nearly as hardy as E. amygdalina 

 and E. viminalis, according to Prince Troubetzkoy, but is often 

 confounded with E. siderophloia. A large-heaved variety extends 

 far into the tropics. The oil is rich in Cineol [Schimmel]. 



Eucalyptus robusta, Smith.* 



New South Wales and Southern Queensland, where it is known 

 as Swamp-Mahogany. It attains a height of 100 feet and a stem- 

 girth of 12 feet, bearing a really grand mass of foliage. Resists 

 cyclones better than most of its congeners. The wood is remark- 

 ably durable, reckoned a fairly good timber for joists, also used for 

 ship-building, wheelwrights' work and many implements, for instance, 

 such as mallets. The tree seems to thrive well in low, sour, swampy 

 .ground near the sea-coast, where other Eucalypts look sickly, but 

 E. robusta the picture of health [W. Kirton], It is this species 



