In his Report for 1878, he said: — 
Eucalypts — My anticipation about the Eucalypti when I wrote 
my last Annual Report, have not been verified ; for, although they 
germinated freely enough, the majority of these species die as they 
get a few inches high. 
E. globulus appears to be the worst species for this climate, E . 
citriodora, E.amygdalinus, E. goniocalyx, E.pilularis and E. calophylla do 
best. I attach very little importance, however, to this, as the belief in 
their prophylactic virtues is now considerably weakened and they 
are quite unsuited, owing to their straggling, ragged appearance, for 
garden ornaments. 
In his report for 1880, he said : — 
When sown in situ they seem to thrive fairly well in Singapore* 
but do not appear to stand transplanting. E. siderophloia, E. Baileyii 
and one or two other species are growing well in the nursery, (none 
of those are now to be found). 
One must perforce come to the conclusion that the Eucalypts 
(with rare exceptions) are not suited to our climate, and taken for 
granted that all the useful and healthful effects which are attributed 
to the Eucalypts, in so far as influence on climate is concerned, be 
perfectly true, I think it has been proved conclusively that the tree 
will not grow in sufficient quantities to warrant further trials. 
J. W. Anderson. 
NOTE. 
Since writing the above note on the* Eucalypts, I have been able 
to obtain the correct determinations of the eleven large Eucalypts 
mentioned therein. Specimens were sent to Mr. Maiden, Director of 
the Botanic Gardens, Sydney and Government Botanist, who most 
kindly identified them for me. The one adjacent to the bandstand 
and under the name of intermedia has been identified as E. corymbosa, 
Sm., while those in the Economic Gardens are probable specimens of 
E. terminalis, F. & M., but owing to incomplete specimens being sent 
(no seed being available), Mr. Maiden was unable to say for certain 
as to whether this was correct or not. 
A SACCHARINE CONSTIUTENT OF PARA 
RUBBER. 
In October, 1909, two small specimens of smoked Para rubber 
from the Botanic Gardens at Singapore, representing a consignment 
offered for sale in the United Kingdom, were forwarded for examina- 
tion to the Imperial Institue by brokers in London, who stated that 
the rubber had been prepared experimentally by the Brazilian method 
