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Habitat. —It is chiefly found in New South Wales, extending practically 
along the whole of the coastal strip. I have obtained it almost from the Victorian 
border. Mueller records it from north-western Victoria, under the name of “ Box 
Ironbark.” It extends to southern Queensland. 
It prefers ridges, often ironstone ridges, growing on dry, poor land, of very 
little use for any other purpose. Just as hard struggles in one’s younger days bring 
out Avhat is best in a man—his grit and quality—so we find, as a rule scarcely 
admitting of exception, that timber grown under “ hard ” conditions is better than 
timber growing more luxuriously as regards soil and moisture. 
Propagation. —Prom seed; and it is a species that should be cultivated at 
every opportunity. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 30. 
A. Twig, showing buds, flowers, and fruits. The foliage is often pendulous. 
b. Cluster of fruits of the size often seen. 
c. Fruits of the smaller kind, by no means rare. 
