Eucalyptus propinqita. GHEY GUM 



The timber of this Gum is frequently substituted for 

 Iron-bark. It is as durable as Iron-bark, but not so strong, 

 being much cut up by gam-veins. 



Eucalyptus punctata. PUNCTATA GUM. 



This is a large, well-shaped and quick-growing tree at 

 Tokai, very similar in appearance to Karrie, and with wood 

 perhaps equal in value to Karrie. On the whole it is a 

 second-class timber excessively hard and less durable 

 than the Iron-barks and first-class Eucalypts. It is a native 

 of Eastern Australia, and should bo preferred to Karrie for 

 summer rainfalls. Unsifted seed averages 1,600 to the 

 ounce. 



Eucalyptus resinifera. RESINIFEBA GUM. 



This appears to be a first-class timber when grown in a 

 suitable climate, the coast of northern N. S. Wales and 

 Queensland, where the rainfall is abundant and falls almost 

 entirely in summer, and the mean temperature is semi- 

 tropical. The wood is very like Jarrah in appearance. Seed 

 indistinguishable from the chaff. 



Eucalyptus roUtsta, MAHOGANY GUM. 



This is a tree that has given disappointment in 8. Africa. 

 Its habitat is characterized by warmth and plentiful summer 

 rains. It has bean heedlessly planted in all sorts of climates 

 in 8. Africa with results that might have been foreseen. 

 As a strong-grower it shoots up vigorously for a few years 

 then seeds early and begins to decline in vigor. In its 

 proper climate it yields a second-rate timber, useful for 

 many purposes. Wood from trees grown in the Govern- 

 ment plantation at Ceres Eoad proved as worthless as Blue- 

 gum wood. Unsifted seed averages 1,908 to the ounce. 



