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Sydney ; of rather rapid growth (Rev. Dr. WooUs). It is 

 much used for flooring-boards, also for railway sleepers and 

 telegraph poles. 



Eucalyptus platyphylla, F. v. Mueller. 



Queensland. Regarded by the Rev. Julian Tenison Woods 

 as one of the best of shade-trees, and seen to produce leaves 

 sometimes 1^ feet long and 1 foot wide. This tree is available 

 for open exposed localities, where trees from deep forest valleys, 

 would not thrive. 



Eucalyptus polyanthemos, Schauer. 



East Australia, generally known as Red Box. A tree up to 

 150 feet high, which furnishes an extremely hard and lasting 

 timber ; in great demand for mining purposes and railway 

 sleepers, also for wheelwrights' work ; for fuel this wood is 

 unsurpassed. Dr. Aberg found this species a rival of E. 

 globulus in rapidity of growth, proving one of the best at 

 Buenos Ayres, disseminating itself spontaneously. Mr. 

 O'Shanesy observes that it grows principally on clayey flats 

 in Queensland. 



Eucalyptus Raveretiana, F. v. Mueller. 



Queensland. A jungle tree of the largest size, attaining a 

 height of 300 feet and 10 feet in diameter ; delights in the 

 immediate vicinity of rivers or swamps ; vernacularly known as 

 Grey or Iron Gum Tree. It furnishes a very hard, durable, 

 dark-coloured wood, valuable for piles, railway sleepers, and 

 general building purposes (Thozet, O'Shanesy, Bowman). 

 From cuts into the stem an acidulous, almost colourless liquid 

 available in considerable quantity, like that from E. Gunnii. 



Eucalyptus redunca, Schauer. 



'fhe White Gum Tree of West Australia, the Wandoo of 

 the aborigines j attains very large dimensions ; stems have been 

 found with a diameter of 17 feet. The bark is whitish, but 

 not shining, imparting a white coloration when rubbed. The 

 tree is content with cold flats of comparatively poor soil, even 

 where humidity stagnates during the wet season. It furnishes 

 a very pale, hard, tough, heavy, and durable wood, highly 

 prized for aU kinds of wheelwrights' work, and especially 

 supplying the best felloes in West Australia. The seasoned 

 timber weighs fibout 70 lbs. per cubic foot. 



Eucalyptus resinifera, Smith. 



The Red Mahogany Eucalypt of South Queensland and New 



