Eucalyptus Dives A Broad-leaf Peppermint
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This section is from the book "A Research On The Eucalypts Especially In Regard To Their Essential Oils", by Richard T. Baker, Henry G. Smith. Also available from Amazon: A Research On The Eucalypts And Their Essential Oils.
Eucalyptus Dives A Broad-leaf Peppermint
This species produces a different class of oil altogether to that from E. Smithii. Under favourable conditions the trees grow to a fair size, and have often been lopped for oil production. The rate of growth, both from the lopped and felled trees, is rapid, as can be seen from the following
Plate XCI.
Showing growth of leaves six months after the tree had been lopped.
Plate XCII.
Eucalyptus Dives.
Showing growth of leaves five months after the tree had been felled.
illustrations. One of these (Plate XCI) represents a tree of this species, growing near Tarago, New South Wales, which had been lopped for oil distillation six months prior to taking the photograph; while the other (Plate XCII) shows the growth from the stump of a neighbouring tree, felled for the same purpose just five months prior to our visit to the locality.
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