Eucalyptus ^^37 



At Tresco, Scilly Isles, this is reported to be the hardiest species, but dwarf in 

 habit, a specimen, 35 years old, being only 12 ft. high in 1894. 



At Menabilly the best specimen,^ planted in 1 884, was, according to Mr. Bennett, 

 65 ft. by 6 ft. 5 in. at 4 feet from the ground in 191 1. This was 56 ft. by 5 ft. 8 in., 

 when measured by Mr. A. B. Jackson in 1908. An older tree planted in 1879, was 

 only 40 ft. by 4 ft. 8 in. At Coombe Royal, a tree thirty-five years old, was 30 ft. 

 by 2^ ft. in 1904. Trees raised at Vicar's Hill, Lymington, from seed sent to Mr. 

 E. H. Pember in 1896 by Sir Charles Barrington from trees grown by him near 

 Limerick, were 31 ft. by 13 in. in girth in 1910. At Killerton, a tree, planted in 

 1891, was 33 ft. by 3 ft. i in. in 191 1. At Osborne, a bushy specimen, in an exposed 

 position, survived the winter of 1884, when 20° of frost were registered; but was 

 only 10 ft. high in 191 1, having lost its leader. At Tregothnan, there are trees 

 about 20 to 25 ft. high, which were planted ten years ago. At Cuffhells, Lyndhurst, 

 there is a tree about 35 ft. high, which bears fruit. At Abbotsbury, there are speci- 

 mens, 20 to 30 ft. high, raised from an older tree, which are very hardy and thriving. 

 At Bradfield, Devon, it^ bore well the severe winter of 1885. 



There is a tree, planted in 1896, which attained 16 ft. high in 1906, in a sheltered 

 spot at The Holt, Harrow Weald, Hampshire. This tree is much frequented by blue 

 tits ; but Mr. A. Kingsmill could not find any insect on it to attract them. 



It is said not to be quite hardy at Kew ; but Nicholson says' that young plants 

 protected by a wall were not injured in the severe winter of 1879- 1880. Seed was 

 sent to Kew, which was gathered in 1888 from trees growing on the summit of 

 Mount Wellington in Tasmania, where the branches were covered with icicles a foot 

 long ; but the seedlings raised succumbed in the winter of 1 889, though they were 

 protected by a canvas screen.* It stood out of doors three years at Coombe Wood,® 

 but succumbed to the winter of 1909. £. coccifera is, in Mr. Birkbeck's opinion, one 

 of the four hardy species ; but we have not seen any trees of it in the eastern 

 counties. 



At Wimbledon, some plants ® endured without injury several cold winters, and 

 attained 12 to 15 ft. in height; but becoming broken by a fall of snow, they were 

 killed by a subsequent severe frost in 1893. 



Mr. W. H. Divers, reports ^ that at Belvoir Castle there are two trees, planted 

 in 1899, which have proved quite hardy, and were 25 ft. high in 1909. This is the 

 only one, of about eighteen species that were tried out-of-doors at Belvoir Castle, 

 which has survived. 



At Wansfell House, Windermere, a dozen trees* had withstood the severe 

 weather of the preceding five winters, and were 15 to 20 ft. high in 1893. Of these, 

 three survive, and measured in February 191 1, 38 to 45 ft. in height, and 19 to 

 22 in. in girth. 



1 This tree appears to have been incorrectly known at Menabilly as E. Gunnii, till 1900, when specimens were sent to 

 Kew; and is probably the tree figured under that name in Gard. Chron. xi. 787, fig. 113 (1892) and xxxiii. 234, 

 97 (1903)- ^ Gard. Chron. xxvi. 754 (1886). ^ Joum. Roy. Hort. Soc. viii. 208 (1887). 



* Kew Bulletin, 1889, p. 61, and 1892, p. 309 ; and Gard. Chron. xii. 728 (1892). 



' It was stated in Gard. Chron. xxvi. 306 (1886) to be hardy at Coombe Wood. Mr. Harrow informs me that "none 

 of the species prove in any degree hardy at Coombe Wood." ' Gard. Chron. xiii. 237 (1893). 



? Sfring Flowers of Belvoir Castle, 83 (1909). « Card. Chrqn. xiii. 237 (1893). 



