EUCALYPTUS 



EUCALYPTUS STUARTIANA, 



Eucalyptus Stuartiana is another Eucalyptus that has 

 been planted here for rostrata. It is allied to both the 

 viminalis and the rostrata, but is easily recognizable from 

 either, both in the seedling form and when mature. As a 

 seedling it has opposite gamophylous round leaves of a 

 blue color, branchlets willowy. Eucalyptus viminalis seed- 

 ling has a willowy growth, suggesting that of a running 

 vine, its opposite leaves are long, pointed, and of a sat- 

 urated green. Eucalyptus rostrata seedling is stiff, upright 

 and totally different. The mature Stuartiana is stocky, 

 bark rough, foliage grey, and young growth of a steel 

 bluish glint. It is a good hardy tree here and does well. 

 The best specimens I know of this tree are those planted 

 by me on the National Boulevard, near the Santa Monica 

 reservoir, and those at the Paradise Nursery, Pasadena. 

 The outside lines of trees on the National Boulevard are 

 nearly all blue gums, while the two inner lines are of differ- 

 ent species of Eucalyptus. There is a sufficient uniformity 

 to give dignity to the effect, while the various species give 

 a pleasing variety. 



In Australia the general effect of the Eucalyptus "bush" 

 and forests is monotonous and depressing. Ashey hues 

 predominate and the growth is often scattered and scrawny. 

 I recollect one tract in the Blue Mountains of N. S. W. 

 where a Eucalyptus that shed its bark in long bands pre- 

 dominated. The foliage was scant and the trees contorted. 

 It was a scene that might have been created by Dore. 

 There was something weirdly human about it, as though 

 an army of ill fed beggars had taken root in the soil with 



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