102 EUCALYPTUS. 



a pleasant Eucalyptus odor. It has a habit of growth 

 peculiar to several species of the genus. The tree grows 

 with comparatively short branches that give the effect of 

 wrapping. the tree in a close covering of foliage. With us 

 it is not a spreading tree. At the present time, October, 

 several specimens are blooming in the East Side Park, 

 IvOs Angeles. This point might be worth the bee men's 

 following, for October is here a- month light in bee feed. 

 Eucalyptus siderophloia is a peculiar, but in its way an 

 attractive tree. It has decided economic value and could 

 be utilized in landscape work. 



EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNI6. 



Eucalyptus tereticornis has a strong individual Eucalyp- 

 tus smell from its crushed leaves in marked contrast to the 

 odor of Eucalyptus siderophloia. 



The leaves of the Eucalypti vary greatly in the type as 

 well as in the strength of their Eucalyptus odor. Eucalyp- 

 tus citriodora or maculata var. citriodora is one of the few 

 having no suggestion of Eucalyptus in its sweet lemon- 

 scented leaves, yet this species has the typical sickle 

 shaped leaves and general Eucalyptus look not possessed by 

 all the members of the genus. 



The leaf odor of tereticornis bears the same relation to 

 that of Eucalyptus rostrata's leaf odor as the California Bay 

 leaf does to that of the bay leaf of commerce. The odor 

 o the tereticornis foliage, here at least, is strong, almost 

 rank and verges to the disagreeable. I am fond of crush- 



