Eucalypts cultivated in the United States . Eucalyptus obliqua. Bui. 35, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Oept. of Agricultu Plate Eucalyptus occidentali PEINCIPAL SPECIES OF EUCALYPTS GKOWN IX AMEKICA. 73Eucalyptus Box. CharacteriMlcs.—Thiii is a medium-sized tree, althoughit is said occasionally to reach a height of 250 feet in Australia. It isnot a rapid grower, and few of the American specimens have attaineda diameter of over 1 foot. It commonly sends up a single trunk, hutquite frequently several stems arise from the same ])ase. The tree isof a spreading habit, an
Eucalypts cultivated in the United States . Eucalyptus obliqua. Bui. 35, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Oept. of Agricultu Plate Eucalyptus occidentali PEINCIPAL SPECIES OF EUCALYPTS GKOWN IX AMEKICA. 73Eucalyptus Box. CharacteriMlcs.—Thiii is a medium-sized tree, althoughit is said occasionally to reach a height of 250 feet in Australia. It isnot a rapid grower, and few of the American specimens have attaineda diameter of over 1 foot. It commonly sends up a single trunk, hutquite frequently several stems arise from the same ])ase. The tree isof a spreading habit, and, with its characteristic foliage and profusebloom, presents a very pleasing appearance. (PI. XXXVI.) Thebark of the trunk and branches is persistent, somewhat furrowed, andgrayish in color. The leaves, both of the seedlings and of the adult trees, arc roundishor broadly egg-shaped, and of an ashy or dull green hue on bothsides. (See PI. LXXXVII. b.) The bloom is profuse and dainty, theflowers being considerably below average size and arranged in l)ranch-ing clusters. (See PI. LXXI.) The seed cases are somewhat top-shape
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