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timber may have been removed therefrom, and also the proclamation of additional 
Blackbutt reserves in suitable localities not likely to be required for settlement, 
and, at tbe same time, the preservation and conservation of other useful species of 
hardwoods, which are not so abundant as Blackbutt. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 116. 
Typical form from Port Jackson. 
1. Young shoot, portion of a seedling. Note the dentate margin, and tufts of hairs. 
2. Flowering twig, the buds with pointed opercula. 
3. The fruits are nearly globular (pilular). 
Reproduced from Plate 1, Part I, of my “ Critical Revision of the genus 
Eucalyptus.” 
PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. 
A Bulli Blackbutt. Height 280 feet, girth 59 feet, according to figures supplied by the 
photographer.—(Kerry, photo.) 
Blackbutt, Wyong, N.S.W. Girth 32 feet, length of barrel 55 feet.—(F. A. Kirton, photo.) 
Blackbutt, Concord Park, Sydney.—(R. H. Cambage, photo.) 
Method of felling (falling) a giant Blackbutt, clear of the waste timber invariably found for 
the first 10 or 20 feet up from the ground.—(J. V. de Coque, Manager, Australian 
Export Timber Co., Sydney.) 
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