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trata, E. leucoxylon, E. hemiphloia, and E. corynocalyx, the 

 the first two having made the most rapid growth. Six-year-old 

 E. viminalis trees near Phoenix range from eight to fourteen inches 

 in diameter and forty to fifty feet high. One six-year-old E. ros- 

 trata tree is eighteen inches in diameter and about forty-five feet 

 high. 



The Eucalypts being of 

 much economic value, it is 

 desirable that such species as 

 will thrive here be introduc- 

 ed as rapidly as practicable. 

 Besides being useful shade 

 trees, and consequently ad- 

 ding much to the appearance 

 of the landscape, especially 

 during winter when there are 

 few other evergreens in south- 

 ern Arizona, they are valua- 

 ble for fence posts, for fuel, 

 and for a great variety of 

 purposes for which hard wood 

 is needed. The hardy spe- 

 cies mentioned can be grown 

 in any part of Arizona where 

 the temperature never falls 

 below 15 to 1 8 degrees F. 



Young Eucalypts may be 

 obtained of nurserymen cr 

 grown from seed. Unless 

 one has proper facilities for 

 the propagation of seedlings 

 and has had some experience 



Fig. 2. Eucalyptus rudis, 1 year old, 7 feet 

 inches high, Station Farm. 



in growing delicate plants, it will be cheaper to purchase the plants 

 of a grower. 



Probably the best time to sow the seed in our climate is No- 

 vember. Sow in boxes three or four inches deep and eighteen to 

 twenty-four inches square, using for a seed bed a mixture ofvege- 



