LUTHER BURBANK 



of eucalyptus which have been brought to Cali- 

 fornia from Australia and have proved a wonder- 

 ful addition to the ranks of our ornamental and 

 timber trees. 



Everyone who visits California marvels at the 

 eucalyptus, and those of us who watch it year 

 after year marvel equally, because this tree has 

 capacity for growth that seems little less than 

 magical. No other trees, perhaps, ever seen in 

 America, with the exception of the hybrid walnuts, 

 have such capacity to add to their stature and 

 girth year by year as has the eucalyptus. 



Moreover the eucalyptus may be cut down for 

 timber, its trunk severed only a few inches above 

 the ground; and it will send forth shoots that dart 

 into the air and transform themselves into new 

 trunks, each seeming to strive to rival the old one. 

 From the roots of the fallen giant spring a galaxy 

 of new giants, and each new shoot assumes the 

 proportions of a tree with almost unbelievable 

 celerity. 



Add that the wood of the eucalyptus, notwith- 

 standing its rapid growth, is of the very hardest, 

 and the remarkable character of this importation 

 from the Southern Hemisphere will be more 

 clearly realized. 



Unfortunately the eucalyptus is sensitive to 

 cold; otherwise it would at once offer a solution of 



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