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 Eucalyptus macrohynclia. MACRORRBYNCHA 



STRINGY BARK. 



This is the common stringy-bark of "Victoria and N. S, 

 "Wales. It is recommended by Maiden for inland planting, 

 in moderately frosty districts, of light summer rain, such as 

 the lower .Karoo. The wood is not durable and has little to 

 recommend it. Do not plant it till more valuable Eucalypts 

 have been first tried. 



Eucalyptus inaculata. SPOTTED GUM. 



This and E. citriodora^ are regarded by Mueller as 

 varieties. See under E. citriodora. It is a fine timber tree 

 of N .- S. Wales, most abundant in the mixed rainfalls of the 

 south. Bark smooth and spotted, like a Plane tree. Timber 

 looks like Ash. It is coarse-grained and somewhat elastic 

 like Ash. Heartwood durable. It succeeds on poor soils 

 and dry gravelly ridges. 



Eucalyptus marginata. JARRAH. 



One of the three or four imperishable woods of the world, 

 ranking with Greenheart and our own Sneezewood in this 

 respect. Jarrah sleepers in S. Africa gradually crack to 

 pieces, but show very little decay. From S.W. Australia 

 the timber is sent to various parts of the world. It has 

 recently been used for street-paving in London and, to a 

 large extent, for sleepers on the Cape Government Kail- 

 ways. For fencing posts, culverts, harbour works, and all 

 out-door uses, the timber is almost unsurpassed. It is a 

 native of West Australia, and a purely winter rainfall. It 

 is useless to attempt to plant it except in the west of Cape 

 Colony. Much disappointment has been caused by ill- 

 judged attempts to plant it elsewhere in S. Africa. It is 

 never a fast-growing tree, nor a vigorous grower like 

 the Karrie, but in West Australia it prospers in drier 

 country and over a much wider area than the Karrie. On 

 the lower slopes of the Table Mountain range at Tokai 

 its growth averages little more than half that of the Karrie. 

 Sifted seed averages about 4,600 to the ounce. 



