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■strong-er than White Oak, and 20 per cent 

 stronger than Black Locn?t. 



Mr. Gillespie informed nie ihat one 

 tree was cut in Santa Clara County, 

 which made 1,750 feet of luml)er !>. ]\1.. 

 besides three cords of wood were made 

 from the tops. This lumber was sold at 

 $125 per 1,000 feet. The tree had grown 

 in thirty years. At present the lumber ' 

 is worth $50 per 1,000. as it runs, at the 

 mill. 



I measured one tree on the grounds of 

 Mr. Leibs in San Jose, which was five 

 and one-half feet diameter and 175 feet 

 high. This tree was thirty years old. 

 Could l)e cut into 6,000 feet of lumber, 

 worth $300, 100 trees to the acre liring- 

 ing $3,000. 



At Watsonville I visited the residence 

 of Mr. Charles S. Rogers, the inside of 

 which is finished with Eucalyptus. The 

 finish is exquisite, and worthy of exten- 

 sive use. The trees from which this 

 lumber was made were planted by the 

 familv thirty years ago — one "Red Gum, 

 of this same planting, measures 175 feet 

 high, five and one-half feet girth. 



The landowners of the Gulf States as 

 well as Arizona and New Mexico should 

 give the Australian Gum tree more atten- 

 tion. The time is rapidly approaching 

 when such timber will be of great value, 

 as the Cypress and Yellow Pine disap- 

 pear. Its extremely rapid growth and 

 easy culture make it a very desirable 

 economic tree. 



As a shade and ornamental tree it has 

 few equals. Since' it is not hardly north 

 ■of Lat. 35 degrees except in California, 

 when it reaches 40 degrees N. Lat., it 

 will not be worth while to attempt grow- 

 ing it except in these locations. How- 

 ever, there are some varieties more h.ardy 

 than others, and some may be found 

 which will succeed in Tennessee. 



Any trees which grow rapidly, as the 

 Catalpa and Eucalyptus, are gross feed- 

 ers and require considerable water for 

 best development, but in many portions 

 of the Southwest there are underground 

 streams to which the roots will penetrate 

 and obtain necessary moisture. 



Unfortunately as there has been no ' 

 demand for trees, the nurseries of Amer- 



EUCALYPTUS BRANCH, LEAVES AND FLOWERS. 



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ica are not prepared to supply plants of 

 Eucalyptus m large quantities, but this 

 will be remedied if planters take sufifi- 

 cient interest in the trees. 



My correspondents in New Zealand, 

 Hawaii and Australia inform me there 

 are more than three hundred varieties 

 of the Gum trees in their native woods. 

 Some varieties have great durability, be- 

 ing used for foundations of mills partly 

 in water, but as a rule the wood is not 

 durable when exposed to alternations of 

 moisture and dryness, and in contact with 

 the earth. 



One hundred and fifty varieties have 

 beeti cultivated in California. 



If seed is desired by our readers. 

 Arboriculture will undertake to pro- 

 cure a supply for distribution. 



