BUCALYPTS CULTIVATED IN THE UNITED STATES. 
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THE NATIVE HOME OF THE EUCALYPTS. 
The native home of the Eucalypts is Australia and some of the adja- 
cent islands, including Tasmania, New Guinea, Timor, and one of the 
Moluccas. All but a very small per cent of the species are found on 
the continent of Australia itself. A small number grow both on Tas- 
mania and in Australia, one of these being the Blue Gum, Hucalyptus 
globulus, the species that has been cultivated most widely. throughout 
other parts of the world. 
The Eucalypts constitute a considerable part of the forests of Aus- 
tralia, and are said to give a characteristic appearance to the landscape 
of the regions in which they grow. ” They are known in their native 
home as Gum trees, Mahogany trees, Box trees, Stringy barks, and by 
quite a number of other names, the first being the most common 
appellation. Notwithstanding the general use of the term ‘‘Gum 
tree,” the name is not an entirely appropriate one, as the exudations 
from the trees are in most cases not gums, but resins. The name 
‘* Kucalypts,” proposed by Baron von Mueller, and used in this publi- 
cation, is more suitable and euphonious. The only Australian common 
names that have been generally adopted in America are ‘* Blue Gum 
tree” for £. globulus, and ** Red Gum tree” for /. rostrata and several 
other species, indiscriminately. In Australia several species are known 
as Blue Gums and several as Red Gums. This confusion of names, 
due to the great number of the species, and to the application to the 
same species of different common names by the inhabitants of the 
various colonies of Australia, makes it impracticable to designate a 
Eucalyptus tree by a common name. For distinctness it is necessary 
to use the botanical names almost entirely. It will probably be some 
time, even in their native home, before these trees have well established 
popular names for each of the 150 or more species. 
In Australia the different species occupy situations varying from 
deserts or dry mountainous regions to low, swampy, and moist moun- 
tainous ones. On account of the great diversity of species and their 
wide distribution in their native home, it has been possible to select 
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