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quite hardy and a perfect wind-break in the colder parts of 

 the Cape Peninsula. At Knysna the growth is similar to 

 that in the Cape Peninsula, Unsifted seed averages 6,120 

 to the ounce. 



Eucalyptus corynocalyx. SUGAR GUM. 



This is the valuable Gum that has been so largely 

 planted in 8. Australia. It is native there. As a pretty 

 tree, a strong-grower, and one yielding a first-class timber 

 there is no Grum to touch it for planting in a climate of 

 light winter rains. It is showing ai) admirable growth in 

 the Government plantation at Eobertson. The timber in 

 addition to its great durability is said to be less liable to 

 warp than that of any of the other Eucalypts. 



Eucalyptus coryiribosa. BLOODWOOD. 



Handsome, strong-growing and thickly foliaged in its 

 climate of summer and mixed rains, with the rough bark 

 and durable wood of an Iron-bark ; but the timber is so 

 full of the blood-red streaks of the gum from which it 

 gets its name that it is worthless for sawing. It does well 

 at Knysna. 



Euccdyptus crebra. CREBRA IRONBARK 



This is a straight, slender, very rough-barked tree, with 

 thin drooping foliage and very small flowers and cones. It 

 is widely spread in East Australia, but is found chiefly 

 on the dry inland side of the coast mountain range. 

 In South Airica it flourishes where the rains are scanty 

 and the frosts not severe, as at Worcester : always a slow- 

 growing tree but very hardy against drought. To some 

 extent the straightness of its growth compensates for the 

 slenderness of its bulk, for it cuts up into fencing posts 

 without waste, that are said on the best authority to 

 last in the ground almost like our Sneezewood or Cedar. 

 The Crebra Iron bark is one of the most useful trees to 

 plant on dry South African farms in spite of its somewhat 

 slow growth. 



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