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devotedness and zeal of the first believers in the Eucalyptus, it 
might still have remained a mere ornament in public gardens 
and conservatories. All honour, then, to those who have con- 
secrated their time, thought, and worldly goods to the cause of 
man’s best friend, the tree ! 
Note. — The illustration appended to this sketch (Plate VIII.) is reduced 
one half from an original water-colour drawing by an accomplished Algerian 
artist, Madame Merian. 
