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Following are some specific localities (I may say it lias for many years been 
cultivated in South Africa, and it comes true from seed) : — 
Southern Localities .—Colombo, near Candelo ; Goulburn. 
W ingello “ Blue Gum,” Large trees on the summit of the bills, and in rare 
cases, on tlie flats. Ribbony bark, but the smooth blue colour of the bark is most 
prominent. Has large leaves of a thick texture. Wood red, and stated to be good. 
—(J. L. Boorman). Twigs markedly quadrangular. 
“ Shoalhaven River Gum,” Wingello (A. Murphy), Bowral. 
“ Bastard Blue Gum,” “ Blue Gum,” and “ Red Gum.” Bankstown to 
Cabramatta. “Fairly plentiful in low-lying lands, reaching to fair proportions. 
Smooth bark, patched in colour with green and white.”—(J. L. Boorman). Called 
“ Bastard Box ” or “ Grey Gum ” by Woolls. 
Western Localities .—Richmond Common ; Kanimbla Valley, in swamps. 
“ Swamp Gum,” Capertee. Tall trees, stem slightly ribbony, of a greyish colour, 
sap-wood yellow, centre red.—(J. L. Boorman). 
Bathurst, “ Red Box ” ; at Sunny Corner, “ fair-sized trees, hark smooth ; 
sap-wood white, darkens on exposure ; heart-wood red, bark thick, brittle, grain of 
wood short.”—(J. L. Boorman.) Not to be confused with the proper Red Box 
(E. poly ant hemos). 
Northern Localities .—“ Swamp Gum” of the Hawkesbury district, “ Bastard 
Gum,” “Stunted Gum,” “Flooded Gum,” “Bastard Box.” “Grows on flats; 
about 30 feet high. Branches start about 10 feet from ground. Grey bark, with 
ribbons hanging to trunk up to 10 feet from ground. Used largely for fencing posts. 
The local opinion is that it is very durable, and one of the best timbers for ground 
work.”—(J. D. Hay, Wyong.) Near Dungog. “Broad leaf, timber no good.”— 
(A. Rudder.) 
“Stinking Gum,” “Broad-leaf Gum,” “Flat Gum” (because growing on 
flats). Fort Macquarie (G. R. Brown). 
Chandler River, New England; Sandy Flat to Tenterfield and Jennings; 
Grafton to Dalmorton; Moonanbah. 
FolloAving are some Queensland localities :—“ Blue Gum,” Gayndali; 
“ Water Gum,” grows on banks of creeks, attains a diameter of 3 to 4 feet, and 
height of 100 feet (Maryborough) ; “ Swamp Gum ” of Byerley’s timber tests, 
undertaken in 1881 at Rockhampton. 
Speaking of E. tereticornis in Queensland, the late Rev. J. E. Tenison- 
Woods says“ It grows near running water, or in the beds of streams. It is 
found on both sides of the Dividing Range, and even on the very borders of 
mangrove swamps. In well-watered open forests it may be said to be the prevailing 
gum-tree. In the tropics, where the soil is rich, the banks of the streams are so 
