as it grows ſometimes to the height of 150 feet, bloſſoms only near its ſummit. Its trunk exactly reſembles that of the eucalyptus reſinifera, when its ſpongy bark has been peeled off. In other reſpects theſe two ſpecies are nearly of the ſame dimenſions. The trunk, which is very ſtraight, at leaſt to one half of its height, might be uſefully employed in ſhip-building, and eſpecially for maſts, although it is neither ſo light nor ſo elaſtic as that of the fir. Poſſibly it might be of advantage to conſtruct maſts of different pieces of timber, and even to perforate the large trunks of trees throughout their whole length, ſo as to render them lighter, and to give them ſtrength by binding them at equal diſtances with hoops of iron. By this means, I ſhould think, they might be rendered as ſtrong as one could wiſh; ſince perſons verſed in mechanics know that a cylinder, though hollow, ſtill retains a great degree of ſtrength.
We were obliged to cut down one of theſe trees in order to obtain its bloſſoms. Being already in a very ſlanting poſition, it was eaſily felled. As the ſun ſhone very bright the ſap was mounting in abundance, and as ſoon as the tree was cut down it flowed very copiouſly from the lower part of the trunk.
This beautiful tree, which belongs to the tribe of the myrtles, has a very ſmooth bark; its
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