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Magazine ” was prepared (tab. 4637), as, though the source does not 
appear in the description under that figure, I find on reference to the 
Herbarium that it was from a specimen which flowered at Powderham 
Castle, near Exeter.” The species does not seem to be well known in 
cultivation, for it is rare that even small plants are seen, which is the 
more regretable, as it is one of the most ornamental. 
In the temperate house at Kew several large specimen Eucalyptus 
Though E. globulus is commonly used in a small state for subtropical 
beddiDg in the parks, it cannot be safely left unprotected except in 
very warm or sheltered localities, as it is almost invariably injured 
even by moderate frosts. A specimen of E. Gunni, another very 
ornamental species, has, however, been out of doors on a mound near 
one of the museums at Kew for a number of years, and although it 
has been occasionally injured it has apparently recovered, and has 
Pig. 16.—EUCALYPTUS COCCIFERA. 
are grown, such as E. corynocalyx, E. globulus, E. citriodora, E. 
amygdalina, E. eudesmioides, and E. cordata, which range from 
20 to 30 feet high, and some of them have been repeatedly cut down. 
E. globulus especially advances very rapidly under glass, trees there 
having made a growth of 16 feet in one year after being cut down. 
It is the rapid growth and the antiseptic or anti-malarial properties 
possessed by this and other species which have rendered them so 
useful for planting in unhealthy districts in India and elsewhere. 
now three or four large stems in good health. This was long - 
known as E. polyanthemos, hut has now been definitely refeired to 
the above species, the small rounded glaucous leaves being very 
distinct from most of the others. Much confusion exists in the 
names of the Eucalypti, and seeds of many apparently different 
forms are sent to England under the same name, and vice vcrsa t 
giving rise to many errors that cannot be corrected until the plants 
flower. This some seldom do until of considerable size, though such 
