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dives) ; "Grey" box (E. hemiphloia) ; "Apple" box {E. 

 Stuartiana) ; "Black" box {E. bicolor) ; "Grey" or 

 "Spotted" gum (E. goniocalyx) ; "Manna" gnm {E. 

 viminalis); "Brown" Stringybark {E. capitellata) ; 

 "White" gum {E. pauciflora) ; about once in seven years 

 another "White" gum {E. rubida); "Messmate" (E. 

 obliqua) ; "Mahogany" gum {E. botryoides) ; "Silver 

 top"(£'. (S'^&er^awa) ;" Common "Stringybark (£/. macror- 

 rhyncha) ; "Gippsland" Stringybark (E. eugenioides) ; 

 Lucerne (Medicago sativa) ; Tea tree {Melaleuca erici- 

 folia) ; Cape Weed (Cryptostemma) ; Heath-Myrtle 

 {Thryptomene Mitchelliana) ; and Clover (Trifolium). 



NEW SOUTH WALES. 



"Yellow" box (E. melliodora) ; "Red" gum (E. 

 rostrata) ; "White" mahogany (E. acmenioides) ; 

 "Snap" or "White-topped" gum {E. vitrea) ; "Blood- 

 wood" (E. corymbosa) ; "Red" Mahogany {E^ resin- 

 ifera) ; "Apple "-box tree {E. Stuartiana) "Peppermint" 

 {E. peperita) ; "Stringybark" {E. capitellata) ; "Narrow 

 leaved" Ironbark (E. crebra) ; "White" Iron bark {E. 

 paniculata) ; "Forest" Red gum (E. tereticornis) ; 

 "Tallowwood" (E. microcorys) ; "Fuzzy" box {E. 

 Baueriana) ; "Cabbage" or "White" gum {E. coriacea) ; 

 "Grey" gum (E. punctata); "Spotted" gum {E. 

 maculata); "White" gum {E. haemastoma) ; "White" 

 box {E. hemiphloia); "Black-butt" {E. pilularis) ; 

 Sydney "Blue" gum (E. saligna). In the irrigated dis- 

 tricts good crops of Lucerne {Medicago sativa) honey are 

 harvested. Some of this honey is now exported to 

 London. In the Monaro district there is also a honey-tree 

 called "Sallee" or "Muzzlewood" {E. stellulata). 



Here is a report by a bee-keeper in the Inverell 

 district: — "In this district (Inverell) we have no surplus 

 from 'Yellow' box or 'Red' gum, usually our best sources. 

 In January and February a fair amount came from the 

 'Apple' tree. Stringybark 's contribution in February 

 and March was good. April gave us practically nothing, 

 but 'Red' box is now yielding well." 



