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wounds by using Eucalyptus leaves instead of lint. The leaves are simply laid on the wounds; and it is said that their balsamic nature not only cures, but removes all the unpleasant odour.
Another way of using Eucalyptus leaves is in the form of cigarettes. Some of these, made by Messrs. Savory and Moore, and others prepared by Mr. Bosisto, of Melbourne, who originally exhibited them at the Paris Exposition, are now on the table. These cigarettes are reputed to be efficacious in bronchial and asthmatic affections and in other ways.
We have now taken a general view of the characters, properties, and uses of the various species of Eucalyptus, and more especially of Eucalyptus globulus; and we cannot but conclude that, allowing for exaggeration, when we regard the beauty of the different species, the proved influence of Eucalyptus globulus, and probably other species, in improving the pestilential character of marshy districts, and the numerous valuable economic and medicinal products derived from them, the genus is one of the most important to man in the vegetable kingdom.
