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ing and inhaling the aroma of the foliage of nearly all the 

 species of Eucalyptus. The effect is soothing and gently 

 stimulating. But the tereticornis is too rough and strong. 

 A friend of mine has used the leaves of .Eucalyptus amyg- 

 dalina var. linearis in his chicken house and hens' nests 

 and found them a preventative of lice and pests generally. 

 The leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis used by the same 

 gentleman drove the setting hens from their nests. 



I have tried Eucalyptus amygdalina leaves with my 

 chickens with good results. Two out of twelve setting hens, 

 however, deserted their eggs. I do not think that this 

 would have happened had the hens been accustomed to the 

 powerful aroma of these leaves beforehand. 



Further study of Eucalyptus tereticornis informs us that 

 the peculiarly strong odor of the leaves noted is exceptional. 

 As a rule the odor of the foliage is nearly identical with that 

 of Eucalyptus rostrata. The tree is of rather slimmer habit 

 than that of Eucalyptus rostrata, which is stocky. It, how- 

 ever, varies a great deal, and without considering the pecu- 

 liar beak-like flower cap of Eucalyptus rostrata, is often 

 difficult to distinguish from it. The leaves are usually 

 broader than those of Eucalyptus rostrata, but I have seen 

 at Ell wood broad-leaved rostratas. 



Eucalyptus tereticornis with us grows something on the 

 type of the white-barked viminalis, but is tall and slen- 

 der. It has not the wavy and delicate grace of Eucalyptus 

 viminalis, having lank, broadish grey green leaves, heavily 

 massed. It is indeed one of the numerous "awkward squad " 

 of Eucalyptus trees. 



Eucalyptus tereticornis makes a good stem though rarely 

 exceeding 100 feet in height. 



Its close botanic relationship to Eucalyptus rostrata is 



