Well it i s t ha t t i m e of the ye= again. criptiom m e due for t he 1989/90 financial year. m e rate for this year is aga Please d&e note of y - 0 ~ financial statw as il-ldicated, later in the newsletter. f r om Qld, NW arid

have reported a v e ~ wet aut and a mild winter so far, Pbere has &en f co~espsndence over the la ew months, a d I have received several

con%rihut.iom far the newsletter , A list of ent f inancia l mcal'l~lstw S t ~ ~ d y Group appems at the end o f t h i ~ newsletter. since Mwch m e :

A New mcaJw'CT, from Victoria

A new species ]%as h e n discovered new Glemowan i n nor-S,h-easter~~ Victoria. It was recently namd -. cader~ .

amp Gm" p o ~ l p , and i s r e l a t e d to such species as E,ag~egata, E.ovata and E,cmphora. It i s a spzB:eadlng tree, 8--25 metres tall, is mos"r,ly smooth, shedding i n ri'ksbm, but there is a s tackiq of uo at the h s e , eAe 1-10 metres. New shoots and leaves we glaucoma Lea e mst%y pedulow, n - e l l i p t i c . up t o 12cm 1 o n Inf lorescences w e wbi 7-flowered. Flowers e , E.cadens is known from just one locality at t he edge of the Warby pemanentl-gr moist mea 3 ing peremial s p r i y s , mere are occupying a total wea of &2ut 5 heclmes, A very unusual faatwe of E. cadem i s t h a t many of the trees we leaning, or- fa1 len and ctsntinuig to TOW from exis-t;ing shoots as web1 as prducing new wrtical stems from the old "r.tn3.e. The specific rime, cadem? is derived from a h t i n verl%? meaniq "to f a l l dam". Its potential as a cultivated tree i s urkmm. The &ility to pow on swampy s i t e s awl the glaucow new q0M-h w e desirable chwacteristics which may see i"c,rought in to cultivation,

mcalyptw in a7.na by Jeanette Class, Tasmnia

e i s leader of the naea S.G . and she v is i ted a i n a jwt bfa re the qeat . t i l . 1 hgged her t cart on the eucs a d this i s the result,

There m e more mcalypt- trees planted in (;IEaina than Awtraliia!! mis i s a b l d statement, b ~ ~ t after h a v i ~ spent fsw weeks in southex-n m1na from the 11th Apri 1, 1 honesuly hlielae that i h o u l d be tme, On most c o u n t ~ ma&, as yo11 &We along! it is almost fmpssible to t&e a photo from t h e window of a bus. mcalmks are planted a1oyside so maw roa& at intewals sf two t o twelve metres, m&iy a lovely avenue, kt we the h n e of keen phat

t o w was a ho~- t i cu l%wal "g.f you w i l l know as author of maw p~&licatr%am on Awtralian Plants. We spent

most of ow time i n the south-west province an and Sichuan. t o ~ r stmted i n lrshich wed t o be kno-m as Cantan,

Here we saw trees of b c a citrisclora. Eami arid , In fac t i n the %uth China Fk~tanica l ~ a r d e 6 i n (3uanghou there was an avenue n t E. cltnodora. Wcm~ here we f 1 ew t - , ~ Q-\l l lin l n Gt~.xnpi ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ ~ i n c s t o do the ineredibl e t r i p down the Mver Ei. ' Ib is trip is 83km Pang and t h i s broad r i v e r flows &beeen strange t h m b

shaped no~mtaiarx of karst (f ime~tone) a I n G u i I. in we saw ssp maidenii for- the f i r s t time. 'This species was cornonly planted i n ma t r ip toolv us t h o ~ ~ g h a+eas of gea"e,diversi"s;)r to iw, the capital of Yunl~an a d here we S ~ W \ghat we klieved was a hybrid of E.vimimlis at the Y ~ m a n B2tianicaT 1nstit~ll;s. mere wez-e many mcalpts planted in this gwden, (In the way %Q BZ. i, fwther west, where we werlt ta emerience the k i Min(2~1"r, people's Third. Moon Fair , we

llata. a& E,robwta planked along the ~'oa&ides a d a"cher eucalflts i n "che momd t he villages. The r~a&ide eucalmds sometimes $WE., like straggly

poplws , as they w e m~ich pnkned. The foliage i s lxed to eAract the oils: ard the knranches (I assme) we wed for fuel, so they m e tall, i m a& have small tufts or branchlets of leaves new the bop, In this area we saw snaen viscssa for the fimt time. On retwniw to Kumi e then bwd& a train for a 20 haw t r i p ts Mt h e i . 'Jl"his train goes tkough 4 0 els a M over 600 briaes! It was a fantastic ewerience, and you can imag rnc~~~rltainow this area is. Again we saw eucalypts

ere a d they often got in the way of the phot aphers who were tviq t o reeod this wcsderfral scerkev, Near t he bydeaf. of Uwman and Sichuan we saw E.citrido~-a and many other species. h t e r on our t r i p we went t o the very no&h of Sichuan, in to an w e a m l y recently sperld t o Westerners; it was wo~erful scenery, Wbith snow-ca~~ped maurltaisw, swi f t f l o w l y rfiers and conifer artd decidurd~m forests. Here the T i b t a n minority people predominate and eve11 here we saw many euca lp t s o w m e Han people csmtitute 95% of the 1,l billion pesple i n mim and the &larace i s made up of the very co%8wful minority people. mey do wonderful caraft work a& have maray- cslourful festivals which helps "c keep alive theik- cui twal her-itage. S hope that i 3 ~ r identification sf the. e r~ca lp t s is c o r e c t , 1 was aided by Rdger a d other A ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ a l i a n plant. enthwiasts i n the p w t y to ascertain their i d en t i t y .

Seed edraction made easy

I f you wish to collect and TOW the see& from an ab i red ewalmt in y o w w e a , the fimt step is to be able t o actually ge"6he see& out 0% the t a

mca lmS-a3 fir,u& a& f lowers noma1 l y occzw an or near the o ~ ~ t s f the cano~~y. mese ewently ~ o v into the fmits (or ts3, but by t h a t time, the canopy sf

leaves has barnally e>kended out &or some dist Hence, look for the f n ~ i t s inside the leaf canopy. 'The fn~its generally &come ripe a Sew months after flowering, and they are often held on the tree for a yew oar so, Ira fact some species may hold their fmits fay 4 or 5 years. Wile they are attached to the tree, nost remain unopened. mcalmt fruits dehisce by meam of WOQ";$Y tY'Isnq1w valvez, Lljaich wklen opm, e x p s e the see& and chaff ar1~3 allow it to be shed. me "1Snes of dehl~cence" i e , the joim &$ween the valves, w e readily visible &fore the f rui t has apened. I f you canmt see 3-6 radial l ines sn the top of the . , chances are it, is not ripe, Wtce you have ideiuCified the 1-ip fmit, it is simply a matter of ~ e m ~ 2 v i y some from the tree. and l eaviy them i n a tray or dish i n the sm or i n an open a i v place9 a M in due cowse they will open. mis process t&es from 2 days ta 3 weeks, dependirig on the size of the fmit a M the prevailing weattier ccanditio~, The vi&le see& m e fomd at the b t d s m of the S n i t , and m e the last to emeqe, If the f m i t s fail to open, it meam they m e not r i p e . Merely wait a fev~ wweeks a d t r y again!

S t ~ ~ d y p o ~ ~ p $iledxr W John Gi les of Meniyie West $17 South Austral i a has recently receivd the ay Valley Leapels "neo mwles Jones Treeplar~ters S?lwiariard". John is a ret h"c;ar?irist and Pb- spexl% mu time t rave l l ing t k u U s ~ h ck Awtk-alia, His euca lp t plantation covers ut 6 hectces and i s pro the best priva"r; collection of e u c a l ~ t g in South Amtralia. Jot~n is a b eat nephew sf the fmow explorer, Willim Wnest GiPes,

Field trips with o w leader by k t Q &lliwa21,

Wi2;11 a c a l p t k m Study Group me %i-s spread Awtralia wide, SO few of you wo~~ld have had the privi lqe 1 have had of ing field trips with ow* leader. First may 3 in t rduce him. If you think he i s shout, fat and middle-wed, you're quite wow* Tony is a t a l l , lean w i v yok111g fellow, a 2-eal "Ban pole". ( I g o d natwedly tease him &2ut. not eating enough), H i s pleasad> quietly spoken ways., h i s keemess

emive knowleme of eucalmts n&e a f ie ld trip w i t h him most interesting and n maurn eucal~mts m e his first love, he has a broad knowlewe sf sther Wen i t comes to miaging a lmge nut 012 the end of a row line his aim i s

accwate, b r i ~ i n g eilam specimem 01- fmit with effortless ease from tall branches ,, On my first field *rip with Tony we set out $0 traverse nap/ pa-t icuIw field study areas to identify a few tha t weye c o n f w i ~ me a d to acclrately record the (adhers. We Z;x-avelked from rray home at O&ey along the e Highway, B;9llon Rd etc to Grey Range west of ailpie and retwr~ed via Adavale, arid Sa lvator Rosa N . P . rhea-. Spri ngswe , &om this 200 trek we recorded appr~xirnateIgr 38 species. The most in.te&.-estiw was a small white t ed eu.cal.mt on the Grey Range wlaich rese&les h t b E.papuana and E.tessellmis have since found it on sther ranges i n the mea so species. A shorter trig wound the Toow0 and He%iclon h i l l s mea resulted i n 23 Bdacalptm spp , indicating the richsless o e eucalypt flora i n t h i s area. The mo3.t i&erestiw find was trees of the ~ ~ & i q a n y E.resinifera previol~ly m1-y knom from rawes closer to the coast. My latest t r i p with ow leader is the nost i n t e r e s t i ~ of a l l . far we set out t o check Toriy's most new and e tiq discovery, a small attractive ~aa%lee, Western A~-m%ral iam me 1-3 are wadering what is so excitiw a b u t a fom is rwe in mee n comequen'ely i t i s sw~r is i r ig t h i s tree has remained mdiscove3i..ed for so I~ng, ~crs~-~gPb Irony i n h i s quiet , sstmir~g way says little, he is w i t h o ~ ~ t do&t delighted w i t h this, his hst find, A tme rewaad form h i s work and &dicz%?f;io~%, and I m pleased I was &le d s shwe his pleaswe, Needless t o say I have already planted seed as i t w i l l be an interestiw and attractive addition to the ga~en. I will leave the description t o Tony hiaself,

M.note: ma&s btt.gr. YOW b r i h money will b in the pst .&momow, u"%the mallee; may& ne* time. Ns riaom this edition,

Keren L p c h (B.~selton.WA) nM her hwhrtdX have h e n plan2;ing trees, mostly eucalflts, for ~ome y e x s nc~w. Keren m i t e s ' I oMe i s disappwing kl-iind a wa11 of many vwieties of eucalmts ( v e v attlrae when flowering), and we have k e n approached by tkee of o w imed ia te neighbws ( ) for advice on win&re&s eke," mey have oMerd $,howan& of t.rees on Kere ce, and Keren i s jmtXy proud 06 their

ss towm& revegetating the district.

John GiXes (Menirkgie,3A) repox-ts that he has folr weemlad eucalypts i n flower a t pxresels"c CApri I. 1 : E. c d ~ g e a m , E * sirni l is , E.kshil;eri and E. staigeriar~a, "A seectl ir~g of E . g i l b e e m i s approximately 28 noriths old i n a 15 pot i s now i n bud'' John said,

Kevin Pemy 3.ra.&fofFd., Vic . wites that the al-d lamid aut~wk weather has suited h i s s fu l fast grawirg tree, b i n g eraore adaptable and &c~~~.ght tolerarxt than E,vimir~al is in h i s wea . Kevin has plar~ted ah~u l ; ten plal-1t:s of E.k iQs~~n iana fcr the dwwf R~cal-t project,

a c a l m t m St.udy GYOI-9.p s ~ ~ c r i p t i o m f o r t he 19139/90 financial y e w we now due. The rate this y e w i s once again $4, Please t&e r1o"ck of your4 financial statw as i12dicated &law, and act accordingly,

You w e financial mtil \July $990, nag money rewired

Growing Pees for FmmB P w k s and Roabides by Ju l i anrie V e m ~ i ng

mis recently pmlishecil b a k is perhap " c k e m1tima"e.e i have seen many b~oks {Aevoted to t h i s smject, but none coae up to t h i ~ staMard, It is s&titled "A Revqetakian n8nual for Awtralia" and this is j ~ t what it i s . I

It comprises 126 pages, with Chapter-3 on Plaming, Selecting Spcies , Callecdiw Seed, k e p w i q the Sitep Nadwal Regenerationf Direct Seediqr Planting %edl%ngs, and Maintenance, 'The b o k is well, resemclad ar~d referencedr a d altklo~~gh nuch of the information i s hsed on S w t h Awtralian eqeriences, the principles can be applied (in ms% cases) Awtaralia-wide. me nueraus colaus/. and black-and-wblaite phot e very e f fec t i ve 1 the v m i o ~ points; e . g . several tmes of t or fencing neth

1 would specomend this kmk to all. potential tree wowers i n nsn-u-hn weas.

m e Mallee-bxes and. their Allies by Kevin h l e ( c sn t . )

E.larsdf~wneaw Cerimon MalXee-WX and Port Lincoln Mallee mere we two c ies within E.lar&omeana, b t h of ch we South Wwtralian and 06' limited dis ion, 'The species i s native to the en Gawler Range h i c h f a m ~ the natusral northen1 b u d of the E p e Penimxla, me s is

pecies are easily d i s t i n ~ i s h d from each other. me species featwes relatively la-ge M& and f n - ~ i t z , crimson f lowem and long, comse, lwtaratm, d w k q e e n adult leaves; whi le the s s p a l b p w p w e a l-ias sml ler buds, fmits ar~ti a"du25, Ieasres a d flowem rar~girg from white t o ma~~ve in colalr, mere are important differences i n h&i-lz. with the fox-mer b i r ~ g a snali , slender+t,emed mal lee with spwse fa1 iage, and

to a small tree with dense d taxa by h a v i q stalkless c ies are suit&be for ga

ide, b ~ ~ t the :!species is mos"cpec%acular and should be camidered for the bwE a c a l p t project, Sane obsemem have suggested that the marpholqical differences h"%een the 6.wo w e wlde enough to waa~ara'r, sewegation into sepwate species. Perhap3 a f u t w e study ~ 1 1 1 resolve this dilema?

Black Mal lee-bx is a rough ed species which rawes frc?m South AwtraPia's I3p-e Penimula

to nofih-westem V i a and adjacent weas of NW, It favou~ light calcweow soils h t is adaptable to heavier and wet"cr soils, I d s cornon nme i s derived from the

which e&er& to upper branches, we311 as having distinctive adult leaves wmit emy identi f ieatisn. Semeti~~es

tidy, spreading small tree, it has not k e n favowed For cultivation. Aa with some other ma.llee-hxes, this species is v a ~ i & l e . In the Gacanalpp+eningie w e a of S s A , specimen4 show a rehet ion i n the typical rough km-k and apwm to carl?~erge with aa. l l ee f of E.leuc~:qlon which TOW i n the same wea.

E.petyqaea i s a aallee-hx from the Southern Ckoss area of Western Awtralia and has k e n desck-ihd only recesl"ely. m i g i n a l l y it was thoumt La be a sister spcies s f E,lucasii but sthewent scmtisa?~ has shorn affinities with E.lamdow%reana and other eastern species. It i s v e v restw-icted i n i t s distribution, hiw confirled to the bases 0% f;-ocky outcrops i n semi-arid comtv. Its f e a t ~ r e s include a mallee k&i"caaith rough F e y glossy peen. i t s w e nudes-ately Iwge far a mallee-hx abnd heaaispherical on relatively long pedicels, The species has k e n successful%y cul"cvated i n Melbwzae and makes an excellent garden subject. Although not as attractive as E.lamduwneana ssp lansd.omeanap this species has prwpects fox. the barf % c a % p t project.

minehilla Mite Gm eclles o f so~th-ast, QM of very r e s t r i c td distribution ne inchilla and

is csmidered eMangered, It is a Gall slender tree with smooth white . It has h e n cultivated in Melb~xne and one specime 5 metres in as many yeam, prducing an erect slender s&jec"g,%ai%h ligh sonewhat weeping foliage. Attempts should be made to protect or even t he depletd rlatwal stan& but also t o cultivate to e i t t i It is w& for amenity plaxltings tkou@out the Darling 11 be 1-se1 for- t h i s PUT-e over a much wider area of the continent, O$;hev. species: E.sparsa, E,sckoph%aiaF E."cooattiana and E.l~~casii.

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el 3 CL cker 17 Wodville %wk k, Hopwrs eossinag. Vic 3030 1edd "WinpwatVe7elrlpais S . A. 5259

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iva91. Ipswich Qlbd 4365 ale Ave Rochedale Qld 4123

escent Cook ACT 2614 W L J Daniels PO b x 261 Biloela QILd 4795 men Davies 2 Hw1 t Bndigo Vic 3558 C .R . b a n Bsna St cher via West Wyalsw NW 2671

nces Millarney Vic 3282 i d R Montrose Vic 3765

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