File:Eucalyptus hemiphloia in "Eucalypts cultivated in the United States" (1902) (14782793822).jpg

Identifier: eucalyptscultiva00mccl (find matches)
Title: Eucalypts cultivated in the United States
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: McClatchie, Alfred James
Subjects: Eucalyptus Forests and forestry -- United States
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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Eucalyptus hemiphloia. Tree 4 Years Old. Experiment Station Farm, Phoenix, Ariz. Bui 35, Bureau of Forestry, U. S Depi, of A^ricuHure Plate XXVII
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Eucalyptus hemiphloia. Trll^ 24 Ylak^ Old, Cuuf er Ranch. Santa Bahbana, C-l. USES OF EUCALYPTS. 41 be a more popular one but for the fact that so much of the oil for saleon the market is of such an uncertain nature. The safest way is topurchase none in bulk, but buy it in bottles put up by a reliable per-son or firm. It costs more in this form, but is far safer to use as aremedy. The leaves of the Blue Gum and of a few other species, on accountof the oil the)^ contain, are employed as household remedies in local-ities where the trees grow. Among- the natives of Australia they aresaid to be in common use for dressing wounds and for other pur))oses.In California, teas and poultices are made from the Blue Gum leavesfor treating colds, wounds, and ulcers. The leaves are also steamedfor the treatment of colds, catarrh, croup, bronchitis, and other affec-tions of the respiratory system. Some go so far as to use regularlytea made from the leaves of Blue Gum, and, as they assert, with bene-f

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