season like many other Eucalypts. Thrives also particularly well at
the city of Algiers [Prof. Bonrlier], The dry wood sinks in water,
E . occidentalis (Endlicher) is the flat-topped Yate, an allied and
equally valuable species of South-Western Australia. This species
along with E. amygdalina, E. eugenioides, E. globulus, E. Gunnii,
E . marginata, E. obliqua, E. rostrata, E. Stuartiaiia and E. viminalis
are mentioned by Bargellini to have well succeeded iu Istria, where
they were first introduced by the writer of this work.
E u c a ly p t u s c o r y m b o s a , Smith.*
The principal Bloodwood-tree of New South Wales and Queensland.
A tree attaining large dimensions ; it has a rough furrowed
hark and a dark-reddish wood, soft when fresh, but very hard when
dry ; very durable under-ground, and therefore extensively used for
fence-posts, rails, railway-sleepers and rough building-purposes.
Fence-posts from this tree showed hardly any decay after 40 years
[E . Crawford], but it is too much traversed by kino to serve for
sawn-timber. The bark is rich in kino, which yields about 28 per
cent, of tanuic acid, while the percentage of tan in completely dried
leaves is about 18 [Maiden]. The oil rich in Cineol [Schimmel].
E u c a ly p t u s c o r y n o c a ly x , P. v. Mueller.*
South-Australia, North-Western Victoria. The Sugar-Gumtree,
Profusely flowmring. A timber-tree, attaining a height of 120 feet,
length of bole to 60 feet, circumference a t 5 feet from the ground
reaching 17 feet. The base of the trunk often swells out in regular
tiers. The wood remarkably lieavy, very dense, hard and strong,
less liable to warp than th a t of many other kinds of Euealyptus-wood
[ J . E. Brown]. I t has come into use for fence-posts and railway-
sleepers, naves and felloes. Its durability is attested by the fact,
th a t posts set in the ground fifteen years, showed no sign of decay.
The tree thrives well even on dry ironstone ranges. Better than any
other species in the waterless regions of the Wimmera [Dr. Babe'.
On the western treeless plains, exposed to hot as well as to bleak
winds, this Eucalypt has grown 30 feet in five years, and is tie
quickest-growing species eligible for shelter and shade, as after so
short a time the protecting fences can be removed from the young trees,
the latter affording sheltered resting places for the stock [ J . Currie],
The sweetish and pleasantly odorous foliage attracts cattle, sheep
and camels, which browse on the lower branches, as well as on
saplings and seedlings. Scarcely any other Eucalypt is similarly
eaten [ j . E. Brown], I t should therefore be planted on cattle and
sheep runs in arid districts, to furnish additional provender, in
ordinary culture the writer does not find this species of quick growth;
but Mr. Brown records th a t it has grown 7 to 8 feet in a year at
Qnorn, and th a t it is one of the most valuable of all trees for the dry
and arid regions of South-Australia. I t prefers however humid soil
near water-courses, according to Mr. Tepper. Has withstood a temperature
of 18° E. in the South of France [Naudin],
E u c a ly p tu s c r e b r a , P. v. Mueller.*
The narrow-leaved Ironbark-tree of New South Wales and
Queensland. Wood reddish, hard, heavy, elastic and durable ;
much nsed in the construction of bridges and for railway-sleepers,
also for w'aggons, piles, fence-posts. The best species in suh-tropic
East-Australia for splitting into palings, such in fences have
remained sound after 30 years [ J . Ed g ar]. The oil, which has
become a commercial article, is rich in Eucalyptol [Schimmel]. E.
drepauophylla is a closely allied species of similar value, bearing an
enormous strain. Both exude astringent gum-resin, resembling kino
in appearance and property, to a considerable extent. They are
susceptible to frost.
E u c a ly p tu s d iv e r s io o lo r , P. v. Mueller.* (E. colossea, P. v. M.)
The Karri of South-Western Australia. A colossal tree, exceptionally
reaching the height of 400 feet, with a proportionate girth
of the stem. Mr. Muir measured stems nearly 300 feet long without
a branch ; widths of the timber as much as 12 feet can be
obtained. Furnishes good timber for building, even for masts,
likewlae for planks ; also valuable for shafts, spokes, felloes, fenoe-
rails ; it is elastic, but not so easily wrought as th a t of E.
marginata. Mr. G. Simson does not deem the wood very durable,
. if exposed to moisture or if in contact with the ground. Its strength
in transverse strain is equal to English oak, while it is 50 per cent,
stronger in regard to vertical crushing strain, according to tests made
under the supervision of Mr. Laslett. Admirable for wood bricks
even in cold climes. I t is not so liable to warp as th a t of many other
species. Very fair progress of growth is shown by the trees
planted even in dry exposed localities in Melbourne. The shady
foliage and quick growth of the tree promise to render it one of our
best for avenues. In its native localities it occupies fertile, rather
humid valleys and resembles there in habit the E. amygdalina var.
regnans of South-Eastern Australia. Proved well adapted for the
mountains of Ceylon, and Professor Bonrlier mentions it as one of
the best at Algiers.
E u c a ly p tu s D o r a to x y lo n , P. v. Mueller.
The Spearwood-tree of South-Western Australia, where it occurs
in sterile districts. The stem is slender and remarkably straight,
and the wood of such firmness and elasticity th a t the nomadic
natives wander long distances to obtain it as a material for their
I t is not a large tree.
E u c a ly p tu s e u g e n io id e s , Sieber.
The White Stringybark-tree of Victoria and New South Wales.
The tree is abundant in some localities, and attains considerable
dimensions. Its useful fissile wood is employed for fencing and
building purposes. Systematically the species is closely allied to