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been frosted about every third year ; but the vine in the 

 palm, even close to the ground, has never been touched. 

 The thermometer may easily vary many degrees at the 

 same time, on the same ranch, or in the same valley. 



EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 



The blue gum being the most valued of the genus 

 Eucalyptus, it will be appropriate to give some more intim- 

 ate account of this wonderful hard wood Jack 's-bean-stalk 

 growing tree. I will commence with some account of my 

 own acquaintance with it at Santa Monica, and at the 

 ranch in the San Gabriel. 



The town streets at Santa Monica were planted with 

 Eucalyptus globulus, blue gum, about 1876, and the 

 trees were not subsequently cared for. It has done remark- 

 ably well and made large trees. The lines are now broken 

 on account of the town policy to allow lot owners to chop 

 down the trees on the streets at their front. Many have 

 been thus used for fire wood. The first line of blue gums 

 on the bluff at the ocean front have been much deformed 

 and stunted and sea burned by the trade wind, which 

 steadily blows at this place through the whole summer. 

 These gums were alternated with Monterey Cypress, which 

 have been deformed also by the trade wind, but not so 

 badly sea burned. Where there was summer moisture, as 

 at a stand pipe for the street watering, the blue gums 

 withstood the trade wind effects and have grown to be 

 large trees. The second Hue of blue gums across the 

 ocean front avenue have been practically unaffected by the 



