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of amygdalina or an allied species. Von Mueller speaks of 

 it incidentally as a probable Alpine form of Eucalyptus 

 amygdalina, which has withstood on the estate of the Duke 

 of Devonshire 7 F. The Kew reports give these four 

 a reliable resistance to frost to 10 F. 



I am inclined to think that the variety of Eucalyptus 

 amygdalina, which has withstood such low temperatures at 

 our old Forest Station in Chico, Cal., is also an Alpine 

 form. 



Mr. Scharff, at South Pasadena, has some seedlings of 

 Eucalyptus coccifera sent him from Kew. The leaves are 

 opposite and oval on stems. On top the leaf color is a 

 dark Lincoln green, different from the color of any Eucal- 

 ypti I know. Underneath the leaf is a deep violet-magenta. 

 These seedlings are peculiar in color. The leaves have the 

 peppermint eucalyptus odor of amygdalina, but have not 

 the strong taste of the mature form of this tree. The seed- 

 ling of amygdalina bears no other resemblance whatever to 

 these young coccifera. It has a grayish green look with 

 long pointed leaves, and no suggestion of the deep under- 

 coloring of coccifera leaves. 



The mature Eucalyptus coccifera is described as very 

 glaucous. In this respect the seedlings we have are not 

 like it. 



EUCALYPTUS DIVERSICOLOR, 



Eucalyptus diversicolor, commonly called the Karri, is 

 the close competitor of the peppermint tree, or Eucalyptus 

 amygdalina, in size. It is also a giant. The wood of this 

 tree contains a considerable amount of kino and probably 

 in consequence is amongst the most durable of the genus. 



