EUCALYPTUS. 7/7 



He states this tree to be native to the country about the 

 head of Spencer's Gulf and on iron and sandstone ranges 

 to an elevation of 3000 feet. In that section it is subjected 

 to quite severe frosts. The tree is consequently one suited 

 to situations trying on account of cold as well as drought. 

 These points of advantage cause me to regret all the more 

 our lack of success with the seeds of Eucalyptus hemiph- 

 loia. From what Prof. Maiden says about the N. S. W. 

 hemiphloia, it seems probable that the South Australian 

 form will prove at the least a variety. 



UNIDENTIFIED TREES AT FORESTRY STATION, 



There are at the Santa Monica Forestry Station a num- 

 ber of trees that have never flowered, some of these are 

 labelled and some not. Amongst the most promising of 

 these are the following: 



Se wall's red gum. This tree grows well. It resembles 

 Eucalyptus saligna. 



Eucalyptus rudis. A good vigorous appearing tree. 



Eucalyptus exima, dark green and unusually large leaves. 



Neither Eucalyptus leptophleba nor the small gray- 

 leaved Eucalyptus pinnata have grown well. 



Since writing the above, Eucalyptus rudis has flowered 

 at the station and I have found it in profuse bloom at 

 Santa Monica Heights and on the extension of Figueroa 

 Street, south of Los Angeles. The Heights specimen has 

 the curious characteristic of alternating colored flowers. 

 About one-third of the flowers are all pink and the rest all 

 cream-white. These different colored flowers occur all over 

 the tree. I know of one specimen of the blue gum, Euca- 



