ii2 EUCALYPTUS. 



head, make it a specially desirable road tree. Eucalyptus 

 botryoides is also reported as growing on coast sands. I 

 have started an experimental planting in such a situation 

 in South Santa Monica, with thus far most favorable re- 

 sults. It is called a mahogany in Australia. All of the 

 specimens here that I know, except one, have persistent 

 rough bark on the main stem, decorticating only on the 

 upper branches. The exception is a very tall hand- 

 some tree at the Paradise Nurseries, Pasadena. This 

 tree sheds its bark on the main stem also. This 

 decorticating of the main stem is said by Von Mueller 

 to be one of the characteristics separating Eucalyptus 

 saligna from Eucalyptus botryoides. Scharff's tree, how- 

 ever, is exactly like the other botryoides in bud, flower, 

 fruit and foliage and not like saligna in its fruit. The 

 bark on the main stem is shed like, and appears similar 

 to that of the upper branches of the certain specimens of 

 Eucalyptus botryoides, consequently we may safely deem 

 this tree at Pasadena to be only a variation of the mahog- 

 ony or binnak. 



There is an old specimen in a garden on the northeast 

 corner of Main and Sixth streets, Los Angeles. There are 

 also a number planted as sidewalk trees on the corner of 

 Ninth and Alvarado streets, Los Angeles. These latter 

 demonstrate what an excellent street tree it can make. 

 They are vigorous and shade the* whole sidewalk. There 

 is another fine specimen but with a double stem, in a 

 Pasadena garden on Orange Grove avenue, near California 

 street. 



The rapid growth and great vigor of this tree recom- 

 mend it for more extended planting than it has had. It 

 is one of the largest trees in the Scharff collection. The 



