EUCAL YPTUS. iog 



raised seed. The tree was introduced, I believe, by Mr. 

 Scharff. He planted seeds of the trees as they matured at 

 his place. An old row of this planting at South Pasadena 

 has given a different colored flower for every one of these 

 ficifolia. The colors vary from a flesh pink through orange 

 and scarlet to a magenta. The two old trees at Santa 

 Monica both have the scarlet flowers which w r e expected. 



The ficifolia in the ordinary sense of the word is cer- 

 tainly ornamental. The foliage is handsome and the flow- 

 ers, though garish, are so brilliant and interesting that 

 the tree well deserves a place where striking effects are 

 sought. 



To me the grander trees of the genus are far more 

 attractive and I even prefer the peculiar and delicate beau- 

 ties of polyanthema and sideroxylon to the more assertive 

 coloring of the dwarf. 



EUCALYPTUS BUPRE6TIUM, 



There are several bush Eucalypti at Santa Monica, or 

 at ScharfFs South Pasadena place, none of which as yet 

 show characteristics worth perpetuating. The possible ex- 

 ception to this is a shrub of the species Eucalyptus bu- 

 prestium. This is of pretty rounding growth, at Santa 

 Monica Heights, with small flowers and large fruits. The 

 flowers are reported to contain a fine quality of nectar 

 unusually good for bees. Von Mueller suggests that its 



