1650 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



especially in the south. Rodway.^ who calls it urn-bearing gum, informs us that it 

 has not been found at lower altitudes than 1000 feet, and extends "P ^o 3000 feet. At 

 2000 feet it is very similar to E. Muelleri in general appearance, both of bark and 

 habit; but below this altitude, it is said that the bark becomes ashy-white, and the 

 leaves very long and narrow, constituting var. elongata. So far as we can ascertain 

 this species has no economic value in Tasmania, the timber being considered, 

 according to Rodway, brittle and worthless. 



It was discovered^ by R. Brown at the beginning of the nineteenth century; 

 but was described by Hooker from specimens gathered by Gunn in 1842 on the 

 summit of Mount Wellington and near Lake Echo. The exact date of its intro- 

 duction is uncertain ; but Hooker states that it was in cultivation in England in 



i860. 



This is one of the hardiest species, but is by no means a handsome tree, often 

 being spare of branches. It is also devoid entirely of the glaucous bloom on the 

 branchlets and leaves, which give a pleasing effect to E. coccifera and E. Gunnii. 

 The late Earl Annesley considered it to be as hardy as the laurel ; but it has 

 suffered at several places from frost, especially when in a young stage. 



The finest trees in England are two growing at Coombe Royal, Kingsbridge, 

 Devon, the larger^ of which was 72 ft. by 9 ft., and the other 60 ft by 6^ ft. in 1904. 



At Menabilly, the finest Eucalyptus is a tree of this species, with a clean straight 

 stem, which Mr. W. H. Bennett reported to be 80 ft. by 3 ft. 9 in. at three feet from 

 the ground in 1909. It* was raised from seed about twenty years ago, and is hardier 

 at Menabilly than E. coccifera or E. cordata. Younger trees here, planted in 1901, 

 were about 30 ft. high in 191 1. 



At Sidbury Manor, Sidmouth, there is a tree, of which Sir Charles Cave sent us 

 a branch in 19 10. Miss Woolward measured it in 1904, as 43 ft. high, with three 

 stems springing from near the base, the main one being 3 ft. 8 in. in girth. It was 

 then fifteen years old, and growing in a sheltered situation at 250 ft. above sea- 

 level. 



At Abbotsbury, this is considered to be one of the hardiest species. Young 

 plants have passed through three severe winters without injury, and are now growing 

 freely. There are several specimens, the largest of which is 50 ft. by 5 ft® At 

 Leonardslee, Sussex, specimens of E, urnigera, though 20 ft. high, were killed 

 in a severe winter. At Ponfield, Herts, a small tree, which was 15 ft. high in 

 1906, died in 19 10. We have seen no specimens near London or in the eastern 

 counties. At Cefnamwich, Nevin, N. Wales, a tree raised from seed in the spring of 

 1894, was 45 ft. high and 2 ft. 6 in. in girth in December 19 10. 



In Scotland, the finest specimens are at Stonefield, Loch Fyne, one of which 

 measured in December 19 10, 81 ft. high by 5 ft. in girth at four feet from the ground. 



' In J. C. Penny, Tasmanian Forestry, 17, 19, 21 (1905). 



2 A specimen in the Kew Herbarium is labelled : " R. Brown, Iter Australiense, 1802-5, No. 4775." 



3 From this tree, which was called E. montana, a specimen was sent to Kew, in 1874, when it was reported to be 

 50 ft. high. This tree is probably the oldest in England, and may date back earlier than i860. 



^ Mr. Rashleigh in a letter to Kew, reported it to be 60 ft. by 2^ ft. in 1903. It was 85 ft. by 4 ft. in January 191 1 

 E. urmgera has been grown at Abbotsbury under several names, as E. hamastoma, E. rudis x E. rostrata, and E. 



