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will germinate quite as readily as the imported article. 
He used on one piece of land equal quantities of import- 
ed and California seed, and said he found the result so 
much in favor of the California seed that hereafter he 
would use no other kind. 
It is unnecessary to discuss further the merits of the 
eucalyptus-tree ; the evidence already adduced is so over- 
whelming in its favor that it must commend itself strongly 
to the favor of our farmers and tree-growers. It should 
be given a full and fair trial in all the states. I think it 
would thrive luxuriantly in the South. It should be 
planted at once in all our fever-and-ague districts; and 
if it will suck up and dissipate the poisonous vapors lurk- 
ing in the swamps of Arkansas and other Southern states 
it will do service for America worth millions, and allevi- 
ate much suffering, as well as save many valuable lives. 
Let us by all means give the eucalyptus a fair trial. 
The Wilmington Hnterprise reports that Colonel D. 
B. Wilson planted a park of two thousand eucalyptus- 
trees on the 20th of March, 1875. “The trees, when set 
out, were from four to six inches in height, and many of 
the lower branches in a year grew over four feet in length. 
It is no exaggeration to say that these trees have grown 
four feet in five months. We have similar instances 
of the extraordinary growth of the eucalyptus in San 
Diego.” 
The eucalyptus has a tall, reddish, smooth stem, with 
ragged, hanging bark, and of a delicious, odorous, resin- 
ous, gummy smell. It grows toa diameter of from forty 
to forty-five inches. It is used as ascent for cigars, med- 
icine, tonic, throat-lozenge, and, above all, as a bath. 
The leaves and small branches are put in hot water, 
and it is stated that such baths remove neuralgic pains, 
rheumatism, and the malaria incidental to the country. 
The flower of the eucalyptus tribe is very like the myr- 
tle flower, is full of honey, and attracts a multitude of 
flies, bees, etc., and the birds naturally follow, for they 
