AVa°rch,f8£m'}  Fair  Forestry  outside  of  the  United  States.  135 
roides,  etc.  These  were  about  1 2  x  1 8  in.,  and  banded  by  a  thin  strip 
of  metal  and  suspended,  when  they  formed  a  most  pleasing  part  of 
this  exhibition  and  the  27  Eucalyptus  were  the  most  interesting  of 
the  section.  For  outside  the  interest  with  which  we  consider  them 
in  Materia  Medica,  they  are  a  wonderful  class  to  all  who  stop  long 
enough  to  compare  one  species  with  another,  as  for  instance,  the 
great  variation  in  the  bark  is  of  itself  startling  ;  there  are  all  grada- 
tions from  the  smoothest  to  the  roughest  and  most  deeply  fissured 
we  have  in  any  tree,  all  to  be  found  in  this  one  genus  Eucalyp- 
tus, and  as  strange  as  the  barks  were  startling,  are  some  of  the 
vernacular  names  applied  to  these  trees. 
Besides  those  mentioned  previously  are  such  as  these  :  Yellow 
Box,  Swamp  Mahogany,  Blue  Gum,  Spotted  Gum,  White  Box  Blood- 
wood  and  Peppermint ;  consequently  they  specify  this  as  pipetta. 
The  commission  showed  also  in  another  class  photographs  of 
their  typical  trees. 
Woolly  Butt  (Eucalyptus  longifolia),  230  feet  high  and  33  feet 
circumference. 
Black  Butt  (Eucalyptus  pilularis),  280  feet  high  and  59  feet 
circumference. 
Spotted  Gum  (Eucalyptus  maculata),  300  feet  high  and  18  in 
circumference. 
Native  Fig  (Ficus  macrophylla),  250  feet  high  and  36  feet 
circumference. 
River  Oak  (Casuarina  glauca),  120  feet  high  and  16  in  circum- 
ference. 
Turpentine  (Syncarpia  laurifolia),  2CO  feet  high  and  30  feet 
circumference. 
In  conclusion,  I  might  say  that  there  are  about  50  species  of  Euca- 
lyptus, in  Australia,  and  all  useful  in  some  way  or  other,  but  chiefly 
in  those  cases  when  strength  and  durability  are  desired.  They  resist 
both  fire  and  water,  therefore  very  little  in  demand  for  fuel. 
These  also  rank  as  the  highest  trees  of  the  world,  as  the  species 
Amygdalina  was  found  with  a  diameter  of  81  feet  and  a  height  of 
480  feet,  and  according  to  some  authorities  this  is  150  feet  higher 
than  the  Sequoias  of  California. 
So  at  this  nearly  antipodal  pinnacle  or  tree-top,  I  will  leave  you 
to  draw  your  own  conclusions,  whether  or  not  this  World's  Colum- 
bian Exposition  was  the  most  colossal  of  its  kind,  and  its  Forestry 
feature  a  pronounced  success? 
