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hearing: and that every member of pro-per there. Although iiuuh of the 



the committee was convinced of the M>il i- stony, the underground wal 



importance of the measure. lie> near the surface ami th 



the encalypt ea>ily reach it. 1 i" tl 



Index Muing to the annual can obtain sufficient anchorage to hold 



Vl XIII meeting ;md the work the trunk > against the force of the 



with Congress in con- wind, success i- rca-onably biire c. 



nee t ion with the Appalachian Jiill, it in the stony ground, while many situa- 



has been impossible to prepare the in- tion-. are available where the soil 



dex to FOKKSTKY AND IRRIGATION for deep and is free from stones, and in 



the year 1907, or Volume XIII, so such places the eucalypt^ find ideal 



soon as would otherwise have been conditions for rapid growth. 

 done. Xow, however, it will be ready The frontispiece in this maga/iue 



within a few days; and any members illustrates the splendid growth of the 



or others who preserve their annual eucalyptus in California, 

 files and wish the index can have it on 



application to this office. Destruction l-'rom the Office of 



of Lowland Drainage Investigations 



Eucalyptus During the past few of the United States 



p[ ee - s d in years the blue gum tree, Department of Agriculture comes a 



one of the Australian note in regard to the forestry -itua- 



eucalypts, has been planted in parts of tion in the lowlands of the Carolina - 



southern Florida, and has thrived to and of the Mississippi Valley. It says : 



such a degree as to assure good re- "A considerable portion of these land- 



>ults from plantings of that species in is heavily timbered and has been pur- 



the southern section of the peninsula, chased by companies and syndicates 



The successful plantings were made \\-ho are removing the merchantable 



in low sandy soils near Cape Cana- timber as rapidly as possible, and are 



veral, about Fort Myers, and else- placing the lands upon the market 



where. The water level is usually less the uses of agriculture. I e i"re they 



than six feet below the surface, and can be made useful for such a purpose 



the trees find no difficulty in obtaining they must be adequately drained. 



all the moisture needed. The soil is exceedingly fertile and 



The blue gum and other eucalypts productive when put in proper condi- 



were brought to California from Aus- tion, and yields a far greater return 



tralia many years ago, and have shown for crop growing than for forestry. 



remarkable growth in the warm cli- It would seem that some restriction 



mate and friendly soils of the Pacific should be placed upon this work for 



Coast. The eucalyptus becomes a the future good of these area-. \Yith- 



trunk in a few years when conditions in the last few years much valuable 



are favorable, but it can not withstand timber has ben removed and burned 



severe frost, and for that reason it can in the process of clearing the land 



be grown with profit only in limited cotton plantations. Since this 



areas of the United States. Much at- not probably be done in the future 



tention is being given to it in Califor- any great extent, as the ti" ' 



nia, and hundreds of thousands of saleable and will yield a 



trees were planted the past year. Rail- care is evidently given to ' 



roads use it for ties and are planting vation of any timber upon land diich 



large tracts for that purpose. It has can be used for other pun- It 



many uses fuel, posts, poles, and is added that the p< i the 



lumber. No tree grows with greater tions in que-tion :\'. >.-! rentlv think 



rapidity. that no shortage of timber 



The success which has attended the result from the c they are pur- 

 introduction of this valuable tree in suing, and that thrv very much doubt 

 southern Florida proves that it will the trust w the fig- 



