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Eucalyptus diversicolor. (E- colossea.) KARRIE. 



The handsome giant Gum of S, W. Australia. It suc- 

 ceeds well on the lower slopes of the Table Mountain Eange, 

 at Knysna, and in the wetter S. districts generally. In 

 the Cape Peninsula the growth is equal to and more legular 

 than that of the Blue-gum, while the foliage is more shady 

 and handsome. It is perhaps the most shade-giving of all 

 the Eucalypts naturalized in South Africa. Some fine 

 specimens may be seen at Tokai and Wynberg. Karrie 

 timber is probably less durable than that of Jarrah but 

 stronger and usually better grown. It has lately been 

 used with success for wooden street-paving. It is now 

 being extensively imported into S. Africa for Eailway 

 sleepers. Karrie is one of the giant Gums of Australia 

 the highest trees in the world, and probably the tallest of 

 these. I have seen a section of wood from a Karrie tree 

 that was certified to have measured 430 ft. in height. 

 Unsifted seed averages 1,770 to the ounce. 



Eucalyptus ficifolia. CRIMSON -FLOWERED 



This striking tree is a native of S.W. Australia, though 

 it grows and is planted for the sake of its gorgeous flowers 

 in other parts of Australia. In the S. W. districts of Cape 

 Colony it succeeds to perfection, and though somewhat 

 slow-growing, it does well in most soils. Wood of no 

 value. Only worth planting as an ornamental tree. The 

 natural habitat of this tree is within ten miles of the coast. 

 For inland districts the crimson-flowered variety of the 

 Leucoxylon Gum may be planted, but this has little of the 

 gorgeous colouring of K ficifolia. Sifted seed averages 854 

 to the ounce. 



Eucalyptus globulus. BLUE GUM- 



A native of Tasmania and the cooler parts of Australia. 

 Grows to perfection only in the cooler parts of the Colony, 

 i.e.j the S. W. districts, and above 2,000 feet elevation in 

 the Eastern districts. Will grow anywhere in South 

 Africa except where the frosts or droughts are very severe 



