36 HENRY G. SMITH. 



solution was then passed through a column of hide powder 

 by the method adopted in tannin determination by this 

 process, when it was found that 100 cc. contained 6*8 grams, 

 therefore 7*911 - 6*8 = fill gram, or ll'llf of the 

 ordinary kino was absorbed by hide powder, or 14*04 /" on 

 the anhydrous kino. The residue thus obtained had all the 

 characteristics of the original kino, and did not differ from 

 it in any respect. 



On some NATURAL GRAFTS between INDIGENOUS 



TREES. 



By J. H. Maiden, f.l.s., 



Government Botanist and Director, Botanic Gardens. 



[With Plates I., II.] 



[Read before the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, June 1, 1904.^ 



Some months ago, Mr. R. Chappelow of George's River, 

 near Oatley, brought to me a fragment of wood bearing a 

 rough and a smooth bark. On following the matter up he 

 brought to me the remarkable specimen which I exhibit 

 to-night. It is a composite log of timber showing the 

 smooth bark and the red wood of White Gum (Eucalyptus 

 hcemastoma, Sm. var. micrantha, Benth.) and the fibrous 

 bark and pale brown wood of Stringybark (E. capitellata, Sm.) 



The facts concerning the log are these : they were 

 collected by Mr. J. L. Boorman, Collector, Botanic Gardens, 

 on my behalf : — ''There was originally a Stringybark tree, 

 hollow with age and the top had disappeared. From near 

 the bottom a sucker of the old tree had sprung up, inside 

 the tree. Inside, presumably springing from a stray seed, 



