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Eucalyptus tereticornis. TEBETICORNIS GUM. 



Botanically this tree scarcely differs from E. rostrata r 

 and it is convenient to look upon it as a coast variety of 

 that tree. In the forest however the two trees are ap- 

 parently different species. Tereticornis has a sturdy, 

 robust trunk, with a well-developed crown as contrasted 

 with the drooping foliage and slender branching stem 

 of Eostrata. Eostrata delights in subsoil moisture and! 

 the intensely dry air of the interior. Tereticornis likes 

 the moister air and rain of the coast districts, though 

 on elevated country it can put up with as little as 16" 

 or 18" of rain. Of the two, Tereticornis is certainly a 

 much better tree to plant near the coast and I know not 

 how far inland. It certainly stands severe frost and 

 considerable drought ; and flourishes in Cape Colony up to 

 elevations of 4,000 and 5,000 ft. 



Its timber closely resembles that of Eostrata of a deep 

 red colour, very hard and durable, but seasoning badly. 



In Eastern Australia it is an abundant and widely spread' 

 tree extending from the winter and mixed rains of the 

 south to the purely summer rains of the semi-tropics. It 

 occurs near the coast and on the mountains and plateaux 

 some distance inland. As an introduced tree it flourishes 

 on the burning plains of North India, and withstands the 

 icy blasts of a Stormberg winter in 8. Africa. It is thus- 

 an exceedingly useful tree for S. Africa with its wide 

 extent of fairly watered plateau country, such as the 

 Eastern Districts of Cape Colony, the Free State, Transvaal 

 and perhaps Bechuanaland. 



The flower, cones, and seed of this tree are the same as 

 those of the Eostrata Gum. Unsifted seed averages 1,412* 

 to the ounce. 



Eucalyptus viminalis. WILLOW GUM 



Frost-resistant and a free grower, but the wood is not 

 one of the best of the Eucalypts. Its durability is doubt- 

 ful and it is almost always unsound at the heart. It i& 

 closely allied botanically and often alike in appearance to 

 E. rostrata. The early leaves are,. however, very different: 



