ply of its very durable timber is falling short, and as 

 it is for some purposes superior to that of almost any 

 other Bucalypt, the regular culture of this tree over 

 wide areas should be fostered, especially as it can be 

 raised on stony ridges not readily available for ordi- 

 nary husbandry. The wood is sometimes pale, or in 

 other localities rather dark. The tree is generally 

 restricted to the lower Silurian sandstone and slate 

 formation, with iron - stone and quartz. It is rich in 

 Kino. E. sideroxylon is a synonym. 



Eucalyptus maeulata. Hooker. — A spotted Gum- 

 tree of New South Wales and South Queensland. A 

 lofty tree, the wood of which is employed in ship- 

 building, wheelwrights' and coopers' work. The 

 heart- wood as strong as that of British Oak (Rev. Dr. 

 WooUs). 



Eucalyptus obliqua, L'Heritier.* — The ordinary 

 stringy-bark tree, attaining gigantic dimensions. The 

 most extensively - distributed ^nd most gregarious of 

 all Eucalypts, from Spencer's Gulf to the southern 

 parts of New South Wales, and in several varieties 

 designated by splitters and other wood - workers by 

 different names ; most extensively used for cheap 

 fencing - rails, palings, shingles, and any other rough 

 wood-work, not to be sunk under ground nor requir- 

 ing great strength or elasticity. The bulk of wood 

 obtained from this tree in very poor soil is perhaps 

 larger than that of any other kind, and thus this spe- 

 cies can be included even here, where it is naturally 

 common and easily redisseminated, among the trees 

 for new forest plantations in barren, woodless tracts 

 of our own country, to yield readily and early a sup- 

 ply of cheap and easily iissile wood. 



