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From the interior with scanty, uncertain rains : 



Eostrata Gum, 

 Crebra Iron-bark, 

 Fasciculosa, 

 Leucoxylon, 

 Polyanthema, 



Eucalyptus acmenoides. WHITE MAHOGANY GUM 



Maiden speaks highly of this tree, saying that, except 

 some tendency to shell off, it is as good as Tallowwood. It 

 is a native of the coast and coast mountains of northern 

 N.8. Wales and Queensland. Sifted seed averages 7,020 

 to the ounce. 



Eucalyptus amygdalina. (E. gigantea). 

 GIANT GUM 



This and Karrie are the two Eucal^ts that occasionally 

 produce the largest trees in the world. The seed of this 

 tree is very fine, and so like the chaff that the number of 

 seeds to the ounce cannot be easily counted. Averages 

 about 6,600 to the ounce. 



Under the name E. amygdalina are included a number 

 of varieties which, from a practical point of view, are really 

 quite different trees. They need not be enumerated here. 

 Regnans is the giant variety, of which specimens measuring 

 over 400 feet have been cut. The Peppermint ( Var* 

 latifolia, Maiden & Deane) is found up to 5,000 feet on 

 Mount Kosciousko. This would correspond with 7,000 or 

 8,000 feet in Cape Colony. Risdoni is a dwarf frost-bearing 

 variety, with thick leaves, from Tasmania that has been 

 sometimes mistaken for E. coreacea. Mountain-Ash is a 

 comparatively good timber variety. All of the varieties 

 are more or less hardy against frost. They are natives of 

 Tasmania and 8.W. Australia, and require a cold, moist 

 climate, with a good all-the-year-round rainfall. All pro- 

 duce perishable second rate timbers. 



Regnans is worth planting for its rapid straight pole-like 

 growth. In the South-west of Cape Colony this tree grows 

 often as fast as the Blue-gum with a beautifully straight habit, 



