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Flowers. Mr. de Beuzeville informs me that E. Dalrympleana exhibits most 
regular habits of flowering and fruiting. " In early December the trees are a mass of 
bloom, which by mid-January has become almost fully-developed fruit. Once the 
flowering season has passed it is almost impossible to find a solitary bud on a tree. I 
have searched for them repeatedly without success. The trees appear to flower almost 
simultaneously, and once the young fruit is showing it is a case of waiting until the 
following spring to obtain any buds. Such a species as E. stellulata, sometimes found 
jn the same district, carries buds and fruit in all stages of maturity during the year." 
Bark. It has already been pointed out that this species is a Ribbony Gum. 
' The bark of E. Dalrympleana sheds here (Tumberumba, &c.) about the middle of 
February and the whole forest appears to throw its bark at the same time. The upper 
bark peels in long streamers, often 50 to 60 feet in length. During this bark-shedding 
period the forest presents a remarkable spectacle. The ground is often knee -deep 
with fallen bark, while should a breeze arise the rattle of the hanging streamers is almost 
deafening." (W. A. W. de Beuzeville.) 
Timber. Following are two reports from Mr. de Beuzeville : 
" This tree is known locally as ' Mountain Gum ' or ' White Gum.' The trees 
grow to an enormous size. I have seen them 30 feet girth, with a barrel of almost 
100 feet. They are generally about 15 or 16 feet girth. It is the predominating species 
of these mountains. The timber is used for milling and building locally, but it is not 
a good timber, is very subject to white ants, and is often full of their tunnels running 
right through. In the Bago district it is used to an appreciable extent for fruit cases. 
The timber is pinkish in colour. 
" These trees present a very remarkable appearance. During early spring the 
bark is quite white, but later this changes to red, and the trunks appear to the eye as 
if they had been painted in large irregular blotches." 
" I will now confine myself to the timber of this tree. I note what you say re 
its uses at Kopsen's Mill. Now I can speak with the experience of more than thirty-five 
years in regard to this timber, as I have been associated with it all my life. I have 
used it in all ways in buildings, and for fencing, and for the hundred and one things 
that timber is used for in the bush. 
" The timber is alright for any building work where it can be kept under cover, 
and for this purpose is used largely in all these mountain districts. As a local timber 
it ranks next to Mountain Ash. I have seen excellent rusticated weatherboards cut 
from this tree, and they last well when painted and kept under cover. It is likewise 
used largely for flooring, studding, and, in fact, for all building locally, when Mountain 
Ash is not obtainable. Its greatest drawbacks are excessive and uneven shrinking, 
also the great partiality shown towards it by white ants, but, of course, this latter fault 
is equally applicable to Mountain Ash. [These two faults are, however, possessed by 
