CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 1 



Need of local timber supply 1 



Forest planting in Hawaii in the past. 3 



The eucalypts 5 



Physical requirements 5 



Climate 5 



Soil 7 



Habit of growth 7 



Form and size 7 



Boot system 8 



Eeproduction 9 



Enemies 11 



Uses of Eucalyptus 13 



Fuel 13 



Fence-posts and ties 14 



Lumber and timber 15 



Watershed protection 16 



Other uses 17 



Establishing a Eucalyptus plantation 18 



Choice of species 18 



Nursery methods 19 



Methods of planting 21 



Clearing the land 21 



Transporting seedlings 22 



Spacing the trees 23 



Tending the grove 24 



Fertilizing, irrigating and cultivating 24 



Thinning 25 



Cutting the forest 26 



Age 26 



Methods 27 



Growth and yield of Eucalyptus 28 



Table 1, Growth of Blue Gum 29 



Table 2, Volume table, Blue Gum, cubic feet 31 



Table 3, Volume table, Blue Gum, cords 33 



Table 4, Yield of Blue Gum plantations 34 



Financial returns from Eucalyptus 35 



Costs 35 



Eeturns 37 



Forest management for sugar plantations 38 



Roadside planting of Eucalyptus 41 



Keeping records 42 



Sample form for record 43 



