DFC 



Division of Forestry 

 University of C 



A HANDBOOK FOR 



INTRODUCTION. 



The growing interest in forest planting in California makes it 

 desirable that prospective planters be supplied with concise information 

 regarding the demands and qualities of the genus Eucalyptus, which, 

 owing to its rapid growth and wide adaptation to economic uses, is 

 destined to be planted more extensively than any other tree. Reliable 

 information on this genus is now obtainable in Bulletin No. 35 of the 

 Forest Service, but the information contained is more general in nature 

 than the typical, quick-action planter is willing to digest. More recently 

 a detailed, though as yet unpublished, report on the planting of the 

 commercial eucalypts has been made by S. J. Flintham of the Forest 

 Service after a study conducted in cooperation with the State of Cali- 

 fornia. The essentials for planters have been culled from this report 

 and other sources and embodied in this circular to meet the great 

 demand for specific information on the economies of Eucalyptus 

 planting. ' 



HISTORY OF EUCALYPTUS IN CALIFORNIA. 



The eucalypts are exotics in California, having been introduced 

 from Australia in the early fifties by travelers who were impressed 

 with the splendid proportions and rapid development of the genus 

 in its native habitat. They were first planted in the vicinity of 

 San Francisco for ornamental purposes. Later, in the sixties, they 

 were planted near Los Angeles. The rapid growth and complete 

 adaptability of the exotic to its new environments instantly claimed 

 the attention of nurserymen, who recognized its suitability for com- 

 mercial planting. Between 1870 and 1875 considerable planting 

 was done for fuel, windbreaks and shade along avenues. One of 

 these early groves was established near Irvington in the Santa Clara 

 Valley in 1870, and later, 1872 and 1873, the first plantation in 

 Southern California was made by Hon. Ellwood Cooper on his ranch 

 near Santa Barbara. The well-known Widney and Nadeau groves, set 

 out in 1874 and 1875, were the first extensive plantations made near 

 Los Angeles. 



THE TIMBER EUCALYPTS. 



Eucalyptus has deservedly claimed more attention than any other 

 exotic genus, and probably more than most of those indigenous to the 

 United States. Great energy and persistence in experimenting with 



