. Botanical gazette. Plants. BOTANICAL. 'ERBAHl ^^cV yOL. 3 APRIL, 1878. No. 4 gFjObulus.—Having been led to raise the E. glolmlus from seed for experimental purposes, the last summer, the plantatibrded opportunities for some quile interesting observations. Tliis tree is not onh^ remarkaljlc for its rajiid growth w lien young, but e({ually so for some eurious eceentncities of eharacter. To familiar with the growing "Blue Gum," probably these observations are not new; hut to the readers generally of the Gazette, they will prove interesting, as they certainly were t
. Botanical gazette. Plants. BOTANICAL. 'ERBAHl ^^cV yOL. 3 APRIL, 1878. No. 4 gFjObulus.—Having been led to raise the E. glolmlus from seed for experimental purposes, the last summer, the plantatibrded opportunities for some quile interesting observations. Tliis tree is not onh^ remarkaljlc for its rajiid growth w lien young, but e({ually so for some eurious eceentncities of eharacter. To familiar with the growing "Blue Gum," probably these observations are not new; hut to the readers generally of the Gazette, they will prove interesting, as they certainly were to the writer. Sown in March, in a flower-pot in the sitting room, the seeds pushed uj) each a pair of bright red cotyledons. The j'oungtree, even when of respectable heighl, say 15 feet, presc^its a crowd of specific ditfereuces, as species in plants are to-dav deter- mined. There would be no difficulty with a young "Blue Gum" on his table, for the teaching ]) to illustrate a variety of leaf characteristics, considered constant and as specific distinctions in other genera. xVnd when the flowering age comes, the adult tree demurely abandons these earl}' inconstancies. In thrifty growing specimens, the -young lias a four-sided stem like the labiates, with sharp thin extensions at the corners. The leaves like those of our own deciduous trees, present the upper side to the sunlight, with one side, as a matter of course in the shade. They are sessile, with the base notched or heart-shaped, and they are opposite, thus theears or lobes of the notch of one leaf lap or lie upon the corresponding parts of its fellow opposite, look- ing at a little distance as if they might be perfoliate, much as appear the upper leaves of the Lomecra or Woodbine. Now in the adult tree the leaves are long !)etiolate, and very long lanceolate. They are also alternate, and to crown the eccentricity of habit, they are arranged to the sun-light; that is, the upper an
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