. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 29, 1915.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 265 from butt to top. These saplings develop into marvellous forest giants. [1,800 10ft. fence rails have been split from one of them.] But the "goodness" of these trees goes into wood, so they produce but little foliage and less honey. Up north the mountain chain—snow covered for portions of the year—rolls from deep gully to lofty spur in endless complexity. Above the snow line the twisted Snow-Gums (E. Alpina) crown the stormv summit. In the fertile soil few spots in the world where the
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 29, 1915.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 265 from butt to top. These saplings develop into marvellous forest giants. [1,800 10ft. fence rails have been split from one of them.] But the "goodness" of these trees goes into wood, so they produce but little foliage and less honey. Up north the mountain chain—snow covered for portions of the year—rolls from deep gully to lofty spur in endless complexity. Above the snow line the twisted Snow-Gums (E. Alpina) crown the stormv summit. In the fertile soil few spots in the world where the red Devonian Rock is also found—the honey- scented Yellow box {E. melliodora), the many flowered Red box {E. polyan- themos), the wonderfully hard Red Iron- bark {E. siderophloia) so sought after for railway sleepers, and various members of the Stringy bark (E. eugenioides) flourish and .yield rich honey harvests to the enterprisiing apiarists snuggled away in the bewildering hills. But the reddish wooden blocks did not. Typical Eucalyptus Tree. Forest Red Gums (E. Tcrcficoiiiis). of the gullies the Victorian Spotted Gum {E. goniocalyx), the White Gum [E. pauciflora), Messmate (E. obliqua), and Cider Gum {E. Gunnii), rear their tall white columns skywards. The soft rich soil of the alluvial creek flats nourishes the Manna Gum (E. viminalis), Apple box {E. Stuartiana), and Silver-top Gum (E. Sieheriana). On the steep granite spurs—one of the come from the coast or the hills but half way between. This was a rolling plain, clothed with a delightful open forest of trees a thousand and more years old. The early settler, with lumbering bullock- waggon, travelled uninterruptedly over the grassy forest floor, just as it were a great natural park of shady Gum trees quite free of entangling undergrowth. Here was the favourite camping ground. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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