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has now become so widely spread that only partial suc- 

 cess could be expected to attend any sudden attempt to alter 

 it. Under its popular name, therefore, each species will be 

 mentioned. The substance which exudes from the tree 

 is known all over the world as 'Kino.' The Tasmanian 

 Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus) is widely known, and is 

 very common in Victoria. 1 It is a quick-growing tree, 

 attaining in favourable situations a height exceeding 300 

 feet, and producing very hard and durable wood, in great 

 request for shipbuilding, fencing, railway sleepers, and many 

 other purposes, where toughness and staunchness in the 

 material employed are indispensable. This tree has lately 

 attracted considerable attention from its alleged power of 

 counteracting malaria, and the weight of testimony goes 

 to prove the truth of the statement. From this fact the 

 Blue Gum is known in Southern Europe as the Fever tree. 

 The Red Gum 2 (Eucalyptus rostratd) (the 'Blue Gum' of 

 New South Wales) is common in Victoria and South 

 Australia, and is principally found in low, moist situations. 

 Its wood has been held by experts to be superior even to 

 that of the Tasmanian Blue Gum for durability. The 

 Jarrah (Eucalyptus ma?ginata), native of West Australia, 

 Ironbark (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), and Karri (Eucalyptus 

 diversicolor), are also famed for their splendid timbers, which 

 are valuable for jetty piles, shipbuilding, etc. The Stringy- 



1 The ' South Australian Blue Gum ' is Eucalypttis viminalis, and is 

 common in Victoria, where it is known as the ' Manna Gum. ' 



2 The ' Red Gum ' of Xew South Wales, known as such to the 

 earliest settlers, which is by far their best wood for fuel, and the resinous 

 gum of which is used for various purposes, is a species of Angophora, 

 and is still one of the commonest ' Gum trees ; on the north shore, etc., 

 Sydney. 



