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ing the merits of this tree for hot and dry places. In 

 his report of 1881-2, he says, page 12 : 



1 ' Undoubtedly the sugar gum is the best of all our 

 Eucalyptus for planting in a district where the rainfall is 

 somewhat uncertain. Some 12,000 trees of this species 

 were planted here (Bundaleer Reserve.) Of these there 

 are 9,000 which have survived the dry season and have 

 made excellent progress. During the dryest and most 

 trying period of the year they continued to grow and looked 

 well at all times. From my experience of this gum I 

 cannot too highly recommend its general use for planting 

 in the drier portion of the colony." (South Australia). 



Again, in his report of 1883-4, page 25, he says of an 

 interior dry reserve that the following trees did poorly and 

 were unsuited to the dry interior : Eucalyptus longifolia, 

 Eucalyptus amygdalina, Eucalyptus resinefera, Eucalyptus 

 marginata, Eucalyptus sideropholia. "The Eucalyptus 

 globulus, also all died off during the summer. This 

 tree requires more moisture than is precipitated on the 

 reserve under review (Mt. Brown) and the planting of it 

 will consequently be discontinued here in future." 



' ' Those kinds of trees which have given satisfaction in 

 the plantation of this reserve are Eucalyptus corynocalyx 

 (sugar gum), Eucalyptus leucoxylon (South Australian 

 blue gum) Eucalyptus viminalis (manna gum), Eucalyptus 

 cornuta (yate gum), and E. gomphocephala (tooart gum).'* 



Coming down to '92 we find in that year's report from 

 South Australia an inventory of the colony's nursery stock 

 available for planting which shows the favor in which the 

 leading trees stood from the experiences of the 29 Reser- 

 ves and numerous planting grounds. Here are the princi- 

 pal trees : 



