good a piling as the blue gum, though more resistant and 

 durable than that tree. The odor of the leaves of Euca- 

 lyptus rostrata is very agreeable to me. Its characteristic 

 smell is found also in the foliage of Eucalyptus tereti- 

 cornis, and, as far as I have observed, only in these two. 



Leuhmann speaks of a dark red and a pale red variety 

 of Eucalyptus rostrata. The pale red variety has the 

 strongest timber. We do not know how to distinguish 

 these varieties, and do not know which one we have. 



Experiments at the Santa Barbara wharf will bye and 

 bye test the value of Eucalyptus rostrata and a number 

 of other Eucalypti for piling. 



EUCALYPTU6 VIMINALIS, 



Eucalyptus viminalis is here always a very different 

 looking tree from Eucalyptus rostrata. As we have it the 

 viminalis grows tall and is at first very slim, with droop- 

 ing brahchlets. Its young growth is reddish, or red brown, 

 as compared with the bright assertive green of the rostrata. 

 The bark is either darker and a little rougher or much 

 whiter and smoother than that of Eucalyptus rostrata. 

 The Eucalyptus rostrata bark is persistent, even and of ashy 

 color, or reddish to old rose. The one tree is stocky, 

 while the other is slim and willowy. 



There are two varieties of Eucalyptus viminalis. One 

 of them has a smooth bark from decortication, much 

 smoother than that of the red gum, which does not decor- 

 ticate; while the other variety is rougher, with generally 

 persistent bark. Most of the viminalis trees here are smooth 

 barks. The best specimens of the rough barked variety 



