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EUCALYPTS IX FLOEIDA. 

 Table 20. — Eucalypts suitable to Florida; their growth and uses 



Name of species. 



Quality of timber. 



Chief uses. 



Size and rate of growth. 



E.pilularis, black butt 



E. polyanthema, Aus- 

 tralian beech. 



E. resinifera, red mahog- 

 any. 



E. robusta, swamp ma- 

 hogany. 



E. rostrata, red gum. 



Hard, strong, and dura- 

 ble in ground. 



Heavy and hard. 



Strong. hard ; and dura- 

 ble. ' 



Building material, poles, 

 posts. "and ties; honey 

 producer. 



Fuel, ties, vehicles 



Lumber, piles, posts, 

 ties, paving, shingles, 

 etc.; turnery and "fur- 

 niture; fuel. 

 Reddish, hard to split, | Posts and ties; fuel; 



E. rudis, flooded gum. 



E. saligna, New South 

 Wales, blue gum. 



brittle, but verv dura- 

 ble. 



Hard, strong, and dur- 

 able; difficult to sea- 

 son. 



Not much known. Du- 

 rable in soil; posts in 

 California. 



Pale red, straight grain, 

 and easv to work. 



E. siderophloia,j Strong, hard, and dura- 

 broad-leaved iron bark. ble. 



E. tereticornis. gray gum. Hard, heavy, and dura- 

 ble, inlocked grain, 

 red color, durable in 

 soil. 



E.viminalis, manna gum.! Inferior quality; not 

 durable under ground. 



kino; shade tree. 



Posts, piles, and ties, 

 girder wood, paving 

 blocks, lumber, and 

 fuel. 



Windbreaks, shade tree, 

 fuel; honey and oil. 



Shipwrights, wheel 

 wrights, paving. 



Bridges, posts, ties, 

 spokes, and fuel. 



Posts, shipbuilding, 

 paving blocks, lum- 

 ber, fuel. 



Forest cover and wind- 

 breaks, and fuel; oil 

 and honey, melitose- 

 manna. 



Medium size to tall and 

 slender; .maximum 

 height, 300'; maxi- 

 mum d. b. h., 15'. 



Medium size 



60' in 10 vears. 



Medium size: spreading 

 habit; slow growing." 



Above medium; fairly 

 rapid growth; maxi- 

 mum height, 250'; 

 maximum d. b. h., 16'. 



Medium size, vigorous 

 growth when young: 

 reproduces freely. 



Lofty, straight stem; 

 maximum height, 

 100': maximum d. b. 

 h.,6'-7'. 



100' high ; 3'-4' diameter. . 



Medium size and fairly 

 rapid growth (§ blue 

 gum) in California; 

 maximum height, 

 100'-160'; maximum 

 d.b.h.,5'-6'. 



Large tree and rapid 

 growth. 



