very precarious tribe to work with I hear and must be propagated from seed. I have have a few blue gums and I have found a place at the end of the padock for trees. They will be valuable down there in time. I had a letter from Neil Black in Liverpool saying that he has not received anything as yet for the 11 20 dollar bills I think I told you about which will be a fearful loss to me for I placed some dependance on getting them cashed but I fear the bank will swallow them all up. It almost drives me to distraction when I think of having been done out of my hard earned