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number of the closely allied species or forms, spreading from 
Western Australia from latitude 340 almost to the tropics, 
would justify a belief in its extreme adaptability to various con¬ 
ditions. I note the following description by J. H. Maiden : “It 
is called in Australia White Tea-tree, is a large, shapely, 
umbrageous tree, which has broad leaves and white or creamy 
flowers, and which is fonnd in nearly pure sea sand, or by the 
side .of brackish creeks.” I have recently received a specimen 
of this tree growing in San Diego. 
We have perhaps another form of it in our parks in Dos 
Angeles. Among others recommended are Melaleuca ericifolia, 
making quite a tree ; Melaleuca linariifolia, somewhat common 
in our parks in Dos Angeles ; Melaleuca genistafolia, all suitable 
for trial. 
The genus Melaleuca comprises over one hundred species, 
many of them worthy of trial. Before leaving this attractive 
genus it may not be out of place to touch on the great beauty of 
many of them. Dr. Eranceschi, an importer of new, useful and 
ornamental plants, tells me that at Naples this was almost the 
only plant used for decorating the summer villas erected on a 
promintory of land reaching out into the sea. Nothing else 
would withstand the direct sea breezes. Two specimen trees of 
this genus, Melaleuca Huegeli, nearly sixty feet high and the 
stem four feet in circumference, and Melaleuca cuticularr-is 
twenty feet high and nearly five feet in circumference, are well 
known trees in the Cape Town Botanical Garden. It may also 
be found that the Callistemons, a very nearly allied genus, may 
provide some trees worthy of trial. A tree of Callistemon spe- 
ciosus, nearly twenty feet high, is one of the sights of Santa Barbara. 
Before discussing the Eucalyptus, I would like briefly to 
refer to a few more genera which may be included under the 
head of antiseptic vegetation. Deptospermum loevigatum, also 
known as Fabricia laevigata, is well known in San Francisco 
from being largely used in reclaiming the sandy soil of the 
Golden Gate Park. It makes quite a tree, and with Deptosper¬ 
mum lanigerum is recommended by Charles Naudin, who says 
it is supposed to have the effect of driving away malaria from 
swampy places, and fulfills the same health giving role as Mela¬ 
leuca ericifolia and many of the Eucalypti. D. flavescens 
extends as far north as the Philippines, and several other species 
extend to the Northern portion of Western Australia and are 
suitable for experiment. The leaves of D. scoparium were used 
infused as tea by Capt. Cook and his crew on his voyage of 
discovery. 
Another genus belonging to the Myrtaceae, probably th 
most widely spread over the various islands of the Indian Arche 
