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Eucalyptus] rostruta. ROSTRATA GUM- 



This is the well-known Red Gum of the S. Eastern 

 colonies of Australia. It is considered as durable there as 

 is Jarrah in "West Australia. It is found on dampish ground 

 over nearly the whole dry Australian interior, and is 

 therefore more generally useful for planting purposes than 

 Jarrah. It has been called for this reason " The Farmer's 

 Friend." It must always be planted close (not more than 

 4 ft. apart), or it will make a poor stem. It may be planted 

 close in pretty picturesque groups near houses or the home- 

 stead on a farm, and the thinnings, as the trees grow up, will 

 furnish useful durable poles and lasting timber for every 

 outdoor use on a farm. In Australia the home of the Bostrata 

 -Gum is on river flats, over almost the whole of the con- 

 tinent. It is rarely found on the coast lands. At Tokai it 

 is of uncertain growth. In S. Australia, where it is most 

 abundant, it ascends the mountains to 2,000 feet. This 

 would be equivalent to about 3,000 feet on the plateau 

 country of Cape Colony. On the upper Karoo, 4,000 feet, 

 it is liable to be cut down by frost. In the severe frosts of 

 1898 it perished at Hanover (23 of frost), but survived 

 near Britstown. It is thus a tree that rejoices in extremes 

 of heat and cold, no great elevation, a rich soil, and alter- 

 nations of moisture and drought. We see it at its best at 

 Robertson and Worcester, where it is a rival of the Blue- 

 gum in quickness of growth, and vastly superior to the 

 Blue-gum in its ability to stand drought, heat and brak. 

 Unsifted seed averages about 25,000 to the ounce. 



Eucalyptus saligna. SALIGNA GUM. 



The so-called Blue-gum of N. S. Wales. A useful 

 second-class timber, of good colour, strong, sound, straight 

 in the grain and not so difficult to work as some of the 

 Eucalypts, but of uncertain durability in the ground. 



Eucalyptus siderophloia. SIDEROPHLOii or 

 BROAD-LEAVED IRON-BARK- 



Maiden place* this third anong th^ Iron-birks, but it is 

 little, if at all, inferior to E. Crebra, and is undoubtedly a 



