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drooping. The flowers and fruits are small. All of the 

 varieties classed as amygdalina have a characteristic odor 

 of peppermint and eucalyptus, but the variety regnans has- 

 this in the strongest form. The bark is rough and per- 

 sistent, but neither like the true stringy barks nor the 

 iron barks. 



2nd. Eucalyptus amygdalina, variety an gusti folia. 

 This form has very narrow longish leaves, of a dark, dull 

 green, not light, assertive green when young, like variety 

 regnans. The leaf has the veins very obscure*, and the 

 odor is mild. Fruit and flowers similar to regnans. 



3rd. Eucalyptus amygdalina, variety linearis, has a 

 narrow leaf but not so contracted as the angustifolia. Its 

 leaves are of a bluish green color. The veins are obscure 

 but visible to the naked eye. The bark of these last two 

 is sometimes smooth from decortication and sometimes ap- 

 proaches in appearance the bark of Eucalyptus punctata 

 and even that of Eucalyptus rostrata. 



4th. Has a broader leaf, this time thick and with con- 

 siderably larger fruits and flowers, bark persistent. 



5th. Is a form intermediate between No. i and No. 4. 

 Baron Von Mueller places both Eucalyptus Risdoni and 

 Eucalyptus coccifera as varieties of the amygdalina. But 

 as both of these trees have a very marked difference of 

 habit and appearance, we may safely side with Bentham 

 and other qualified botanists in giving them specific rank. 



In our interior valleys the two narrow leaved varieties 

 are very satisfactory, grow well and make handsome trees. 

 The variety regnans, however, suffers from a leaf blight 

 and does not generally succeed so well. Variety angustifo- 

 lia has stood severe frosts at the Northern Forestry Sta- 

 tion at Chico, unharmed, and does well there. Good 



