340 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



F. SANTA MONICA FORESTRY SUBSTATION. 



(In Santa Monica Canon, two miles west of Santa Monica.) 



The situation of the Santa Monica Forestry Substation has been 

 described in previous reports. It is easily accessible from Los Angeles by 

 frequent trains passing at the mouth of the canon, and has many visitors, 

 at all seasons of the year. Its progress, like that of the Chico substation, 

 has been slow, by reason of the small appropriation, which has pre- 

 vented many and much needed improvements. Mr. Roy Jones still 

 serves as patron. Mr. John H. Barber, who was appointed foreman in 

 1896, was promoted to the Paso Robles foremanship in September of 

 1898. His successor at Santa Monica was Mr. Charles A. Colmore, 

 a graduate -of the Agricultural Department, University of California. 

 Mr. Barber did excellent work at Santa Monica, and the following 

 chapter, though edited, condensed, and brought down to date, is largely 

 from his reports: 



Water Supply. During the past two years the inadequacy of the 

 water system has been increasingly felt. In the winter of 1897-8 a 

 small windmill was erected, with tower and pump, which saves the 

 waste of the hydraulic ram, and raises more water to the middle mesa, 

 where it is most needed. 



Distribution of Seeds and Plants. The mature trees on the station 

 increase in number, and furnish more seed each year, and the collection 

 of seeds for public distribution and for exchange has become an impor- 

 tant feature of the work. By means of this annual distribution, various 

 species of eucalypts and acacias, and other trees tested and found of 

 value here, have been introduced throughout the State to be more 

 widely tested under different conditions. In addition, the station is 

 enabled to obtain by exchange rare seeds from abroad for trial here. 

 It may be as well to repeat in this connection, that the distribution of 

 seeds collected at this and other substations is made as a part of the 

 regular annual seed distribution from the Central Station at Berkeley. 



Station Herbarium. Botanical specimens of a large number of the 

 trees on the station have been prepared. A set of these forms the 

 nucleus of an herbarium, which will be invaluable for reference in the 

 determination of species, especially in the case of the eucalypts. As is 

 well known, the nomenclature of the species of eucalypts introduced 

 into the State by nurserymen and others has become much confused. 

 Specimens of eucalypts grown in various sections are often sent to the 

 station for identification. 



A second set of these specimens has been placed in the Herbarium of 

 the Botanical Department at Berkeley. Collections of eucalyptus speci- 

 mens have also been sent, by request, to the Arnold Arboretum of 

 Harvard University, and to the United States National Museum (Smith- 

 sonian Institution) at Washington, D. C. These will be added to as 

 time permits. Another collection has been made for the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, St. Louis. 



