112 SELECT PLANTS FOE INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



used by carpenters for all kinds of out-door work, also for 

 fence-rails, telegraph poles, railway sleepers — lasting nine years 

 or more — for shafts and spokes of drays, and a variety of other 

 purposes. E. globulus is hardier than Orange and Lemon 

 plants. In South Europe it has withstood a temperature of 

 7° Celsius, but succumbed at 9°; it perished from frost at the 

 Black Sea and in Turkestan, according to Dr. Kegel. The 

 sirocco, however, does not destroy it. Regarding the celerity of 

 its growth, Mr. Thomson mentions that it attains 60 feet in 

 7 years in Jamaica on the hills j in California it grew 60 feet 

 in 11 years, in Florida 40 feet in 4 years, attaining a stem of 

 1 foot in diameter. In some parts of India its growth has 

 even been more rapid ; at the Nilgiri hills it has been reared 

 advantageously, where E. marginata, E. obliqua, E. robusta 

 and E. calophylla had failed. The price of the timber in 

 Melbourne is about 1*. Id. per cubic foot. 



Eucalyptus gomphocephala, Candolle. 



The Tooart of South-West Australia ; attains a height of 120 

 feet, the clear trunk up to 50 feet long. The wood is close- 

 grained, hard, and not rending. It is used for ship-building,^ 

 wheelwrights' work, and other purposes of artizans. This 

 species, as well as E. odorata, E. foecunda, and E. decipiens, 

 thrives best in limestone soil. 



Eucalyptus goniocalyx, F. v. Mueller. 



From Cape Otway to the southern parts of New South Wales^ 



feneraJly known as Bastard Box, mostly found on clayey ridges. 

 . large tree which should be included among those for new 

 plantations. Its "wood resembles in many respects that of E. 

 globulus and is comparatively easily worked. For house-build- 

 ing, fence-rails, and similar purposes it is extensively employed 

 in those forest districts where it is abundant, and has proved 

 a valuable timber. It is especially esteemed for wheelwrights' 

 work (Falck). 



Eucalyptus Gunnii, J. Hooker. 



Victoria, Tasmania, and New South Wales, at Alpine and Sub- 

 Alpine elevations. The other more hardy Eucalypts comprise 

 E. coriacea, E. alpina, E. m-nigera, E. coccifera, and E. verni- 

 cosa, which all reach heights covered witk snow for several 

 months in the year. 



Eucalyptus hemiphloia, F. v. Mueller. 



New South Wales and South Queensland; local vernacular 



