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plantation was made in 1802. (D. E. Hutchins, in this '" Report on measurements of Australian trees on 
the Nilghiris, Madras, 1883.) There are now very large areas, partly belonging to the Government, 
partly to private persons, on the Nilghiris and the other hill ranges of south India and on the mountains 
of Ceylon, planted with Eucalypts and flourishing well, capable of easy reproduction, and supplying a 
cheap fuel and some building timber. In other parts of India, Eucalypts have not been so successful as 
oa the Nilghiris, the chief localities where they have thriven being Abbottabad in the hills of the Punjab, 
and Ranikhet and Almora in Kumaon (on this see papers in " Indian Forester," vol. ii, by J. E. O'Conor 
and Sir D. Brandis). In some places in the plains of northern India, such as Lahore, Changa-Manga, Dehra 
Dun, Saharanpur, Lucknow ; fairly grown specimens may be seen; and the Canal Department have made 
plantations, especially near Hardwar. 
The species are very difficult of identification, but the following are a few of the chief species I have 
observed on the Nilghiris and identified with tolerable certainty : 
1 . E. amyf/tlaliiia Labill. 
2. E. oblitjva L'Her. 
3. E. rideropMoia Bcnth. 
4. E. crebra F.v.M. 
5. E. pul re rulritl a Sims (E. cinerea F.v.M. J.H.M.). 
fi. E. global us Labill. 
7. E. longilolia Link and Otto. 
8. E. robusta Sm. 
!). E. riminalis Labill. 
10. E. caiopJ<ylla H.Br. 
11. I?, corijmbona Sm. 
In the plains of South India, E. Icreticornis Sin. and E. roslrata Schlecht are occasionally seen in 
cultivation. 
In the north of India, according to Brandis (" Indian Forester," ii, 13'J), E. anujgdalina Labill, 
E. viminalis Labil!, E. rcsini/era Sm., and E. rostrala Schlecht. are the chief species found. 
At Dehra Dun only two species really thrive, viz., E. tcrcticornis Sm. and E. citriodora Hook. 
A good deal has been written, urging the more extended cultivation of Eucalypts in India, but 
until some species is found which, with a minimum of trouble, can be grown and will thrive, on poor, 
barren soils where indigenous trees are wanting, there seems no object in spending money on their further 
growth. 
Following are some notes on species in alphabetical order : 
E. amygdalina Labill. Cultivated in the Nilgiris, and very common and 
conspicuous. Locally this has passed under the name of E. piperita. (Gamble, p. 354.) 
E. calophylla R.Br. Cultivated on the Nilgiris about Ootacamund and in 
Coonoor Peak Plantation. One of the finest species, and very ornamental. (Gamble, 
p. 354.) 
E. cormita Labill. Major McRae reports tliat " most of the plants of E. cormtta, 
E. r strata and E. latifotia are doing so well that I feel certain they could be grown for 
road-side trees and may pay the cost of cultivation on a large scale for timber." See 
Kew Report for 1881, p. 12. 
E. globuhis Labill. By far the fastest growing species cultivated in the Khasia 
Hills, and next to it comes E. rostrata (Gustav Mann). See Kew Reports for 1876, p. 7, 
and 1879. p. 16. 
