This is another species which shows great vitality and gives an abundance of new growth after the trees are felled. The oil is different in character to those of E. Smithii and E. dives. At certain localities this species grows quite gregariously, and is often practically the only Eucalypt over certain areas. This mode of growth is well shown in the accompanying illustration (Plate XCIII), where all the trees in the picture are this species. The photograph was taken in Reedy Creek Gully, a few miles from Hill Top, New South Wales, where this Eucalypt was at one time extensively exploited for oil production, the trees being felled for the purpose.

When we visited Reedy Creek two years after the trees were cut down, there was an abundance of young material growing from the stumps of the felled trees. Plate XCIV will show how dense this growth had become, and how rapid it had been. The fallen logs are seen in the foreground of the picture.

Plate XCIII.

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Eucalyptus Phellandra.

A forest of " Narrow-leaf Peppermint," Reedy Creek Cully. Hill Top, New South Wales.

Plate XCIV.

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Eucalyptus Phellandra.

New growth from the stumps of the felled trees of this species, showing two years' growth.

Reedy Creek, near Hill Top, extends for about 6 miles with branches and gullies in each direction, ranging from about 1 1/2 to 3 miles long, in all about 20 miles, while the width varies from about 8 chains to 20 chains. The hills surrounding this valley are rocky and precipitous, but the district is well suited for the growth of this Eucalypt, country apparently of little use for any other purpose. At the time of our visit innumerable seedlings of this species were springing up in all directions.

Reedy Creek is a type of locality not uncommon in the mountain ranges of New South Wales, where oil-producing species, such as this, could be conserved most advantageously as natural plantations, so that a permanency of leaf material might be secured in the most economical manner.