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2. E. coriacea (White or Cabbage Gum). 
3. E. corymbosa (Bloodwood). 
Comes second to E. maculaia (Forester Rudder, Booral). Most foresters speak 
of the profusion of the honey and of its good quality. 
" On another occasion I saw the Tea-tree and Bloodwood blossoms full of honey, 
so much that a shower of nectar could be got by shaking the blossoms, and yet an 
apiary right in among it was doing nothing. For some reason the bees did not like the 
nectar and would not gather it. 
" Early in March the Bloodwood comes into bloom, and generally it is a good 
yielder of a dark amber honey of rather strong flavour. I would like to say here that 
taste in honey is, I think, governed by early impression. I find that where people 
have been used to a strong honey in infancy that taste endures through life, and 
vice versa." (Shallard.) 
4. E. crebra (Narrow-leaved Red Ironbark). 
5. E. dives (Broad-leaved Peppermint). 
6. E. eugenioides (Stringybark), probably. 
Yields fairly good honey (Forester Rotton, Picton). Valuable as a honey-plant 
(Forester McGee, Narrabri). Others speak less favourably, alleging that the honey is 
dark, and not of good colour. But Stringybarks, like the Ironbarks, may mean several 
different species. 
' The Stringybarks will also bloom this spring. These usually bloom in March 
and April, but they (like some other of our timbers) sometimes bloom out of season, 
or, rather, change their season. They were in full bud last March on the coast, and 
ako in the western honey district, but only about 10 per cent, bloomed, and the balance 
are still in bud, and promise to bloom this spring. For some years they bloomed 
regularly in the spring on the Blue Mountains, and then for some climatic reason they 
changed and came into bloom during the autumn." (Shallard.) 
7. E. grandis (Flooded Gum). 
On the North Coast the Flooded Gum will be in bloom in September. This is 
uMially (depends upon the season) a good yielder of beautiful light-amber honev " 
(Shallard.) 
8. E. hemipMoia (Grey or White Box). 
See notes in Part VI of the present work, as to yield of honey, for which it is 
Most foresters speak well of it as a honey-plant, though others are not 
enthusiastic about it. 
