Eucalyptus 1627 



The Eucalyptus was first planted in the Campagna and in other malarious 

 districts on account of its supposed febrifuge action. At that time, it was not known 

 that malaria is due to a parasite in the blood, which is carried to man by the bites of 

 mosquitoes. The Eucalyptus plantations have indirectly, however, done good in 

 two ways, by drying up the pools in which the mosquitoes breed, and by forming a 

 screen, which hinders their flight. 1 



Hutchins 2 says that it is not worth planting in Cyprus, as it will not succeed in 

 the drier parts, and is second rate for its timber in wetter soils. Its wood burns 

 badly in an open fireplace. (A. H.) 



V 



Remarkable Trees 



E. globulus is perhaps not absolutely hardy in any part of Britain or Ireland ; 

 but it may survive many years and attain large dimensions in favourable localities. 



The largest tree of which we have any record, grew at Rozel Bay, Jersey, about 

 200 yards from the sea on rock covered with little soil, but in a warm and dry 

 situation. It was planted in 1862, and was reported 3 by Mr. T. Sharman to have 

 been no ft. high and 10 ft. 3 in. in girth in 1892. It produced flowers and fruit 

 freely, from which seedlings were raised several times. It was killed 4 by the severe 

 frost of 1 894- 1 895. 



The oldest tree was one at Tresco, Scilly Isles, which was planted about 1850. 

 It never reached more than 40 ft. in height, as the top was blown off from time to 

 time, but it was 9 ft. in girth in 1891, when it was blown down. 5 One of the best 

 that I have seen in England is at Coombe Royal, Devonshire. Though only twelve 

 years old in 1906, it was a tall straight tree, about 50 ft. by 2 \ ft. 6 



At Menabilly, Mr. Bennett tells us of a tree, which was 75 ft. high by 3 ft. in 

 girth in January 191 1. There are two well-shaped trees in Sir Thomas Bazley's 

 garden at Kilmorie, Torquay, which in October 1910 measured 58 ft. by 2 ft. 9 in. 

 and 53 ft. by 4 ft. The latter is figured (Plate 359) from a photograph taken by 

 Sir Thomas Bazley, who informed me that they were planted in 1897. 



At Penmere, near Falmouth, the residence of Mr. Horton Bolitho, there is a 

 remarkably fine tree 7 (Plate 360) which I measured in 191 1, as 95 ft. high by 

 7 ft. 9 in. in girth, with the bole clear of branches for about 40 ft. Mrs. W. L. Fox 

 informs me that this tree was planted between 1864 and 1867. 



At Trevarno, Cornwall, a tree about eight years old was 25 ft. high in 1890, and 

 bore flowers for the first time, in great profusion. 8 Trees flowered and produced 



1 Cf. Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, in Kew Bull. 1903, pp. I -10. 



2 Report on Cyprus Forestry, 65 (1909). 3 Gard. Chron. xi. 468, and xii. 408 (1S92). 



4 Ibid, xxxix. 281 (1906). In Gard. Chron. xxv. 145 (1899), it is stated that the genus Eucalyptus was practically 

 exterminated from Jersey in the severe winter of 1 894- 1 895. 



* T. A. Dorrien-Smith, in Gard. Chron. x. 737, fig. 107 (1391). 



The statement in Gard. Chron. xxxiv. 292 (1903), that the blue gum flourishes at Powderham, and makes a growth of 

 60 ft. in ten years, is erroneous, as the only species cultivated there now is E. cocci/era (cf. p. 1636). E. globulus was killed 

 at Powderham in 1878-79, by 12 of frost, according to Gard. Chron. xii. 113 (1879). 



7 In Gard. Chron. xiii. 268 (1893), Mr. Howard Fox reported several trees at Penmere, 50 to 70 ft. high and 7 ft. in 

 girth in 1893, which were flourishing in exposed positions. Mr. Fox says that at his own garden at Rosehill, which is 

 sheltered, the trees grow too fast for their roots, and are blown down by a strong gale. 



8 Gard. Chron. viii. 138 (1890). 



