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EUCALYPTUS GOMPHOCEPHALA. 



Eucalyptus gomphocephala is a thick, green foliaged 

 tree from Western Australia. J. Ednie Brown's reports 

 from Adelaide gave me great expectations from this tree. 

 At the Santa Monica Forestry Station it has proved a 

 comparative!}' slow grower and shy fruit bearer. The calyx 

 or seed urn has an exceptional!}' large lid, from which 

 its name is derived. This means peg head. 



The south Australian reports show small plantings of this 

 tree in recent years. 



It is a stocky tree with symmetrical head and plentiful 

 foliage. Its timber is very valuable. 



The only large Eucalytus gomphocephala I know are at 

 Mr. Cooper's Santa Barbara ranch (Ellwood). There are sev- 

 eral handsome tall ones there in a rich little bottom land. 

 The timber is valuable. The young seedling is of a light 

 bright green color, a point one might not consider in some 

 other plants that do not vary so much from the ordinary in 

 their color and forms as the Eucalyptus do. 



EUCALYPTU5 OCCIDENTALS 



A Western Australian tree that we have tried that has 

 grown well is Eucalyptus occidentalis. 



The characteristic form of this tree has a bell-shaped 

 calyx tube with sharply protruding valves and foliage very 

 similar to that of Eucalyptus cornuta. The flowers of this 

 form are white or creamy. There are" very few of these in 



