EUCALYPTUS. n 



been planted at Hyeres, in the South of France, in 1857. 

 In 1875 this tree was 20 metres high, the trunk i metre 

 from the soil was 2 metres 10 centimetres in circumference. 



Certainly Ramel's enthusiasm for the Eucalyptus is well 

 justified. 



The highest monument in Europe, for instance, is 460 

 feet high, while the tallest Eucalyptus is 480 feet high. 



Eucalyptus trees had, even in 1854, been planted by 

 different gardeners in Europe, and at least one, by M. 

 Hardy, in Algiers; but he did not know the tree until 

 1863, two years after the Hamma and Cordier plantations 

 in that African province. 



It was first called Eucalyptus glauca in Europe (Euca- 

 lyptus globulus) when grown from seed. 



The Eucalyptus was introduced into this State in' 1856. 

 Hon. Ellwood Cooper, of Santa Barbara, has been prob- 

 ably the most active agent in bringing Californians to 

 a knowledge of the Eucalyptus. Col. Warren of the Cali- 

 fornia Farmer, Mrs. Jeanne C. Carr and General Stratton 

 were also very active and enthusiastic as apostles of these 

 trees on the Pacific Coast. It seems indeed regrettable 

 that the work of Prof, and Mrs. Carr, at and about our 

 University, in planting should be today so little available 

 through the loss of the records. 



The genus contains about 150 species, rather less than 

 more, and the number is still not fully settled. This is 

 on account of the doubt of the specific value of some now 

 ranked as varieties and of others now ranked as species, 

 and also on account of the incomplete study of the 

 tropic flora of Australia, New Guinea, Timor and 

 the Moluccas. If we consider the island of Tasmania as 

 a part of Australia there are about five species of Euca- 



