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the transplanting is practically without any exposure for 

 the young tree. This method, however, is more costly in 

 the nursery handling than our open boxes. From these 

 the trees are taken and put into the ground as the planting 

 progresses. At this time the boxes should be frequently 

 sprinkled. 



With care the percentage of failure is almost nil. A 

 watering cart should accompany the planting and each tree 

 be given water as it is set out. If this is inconvenient, or 

 from circumstances too costly, a showery spring day should 

 be selected for the planting, or days after the soil has been 

 freshly rained on. 



I have found it pay well to cultivate newly planted 

 trees the first and second years of the planting. The vigor 

 of the tree is thus increased and it obtains rapid and com- 

 plete possession of the soil. I have seen plantations side 

 by side, the one with two years cultivating and the other 

 with none. Many trees were missing in the uncultivated 

 piece, many were stunted in appearance, and the planting 

 looked three or four }^ears behind the cultivated one. The 

 cost of cultivating should not exceed $5 per acre the first 

 year and $2.50 the second and need not be so much. 



March is as early as Eucalyptus should be planted in 

 California, May and June are better. The best time to 

 set any evergreen tree is just as it is about to start a new 

 growth. Large Eucalyptus trees are very difficult to trans- 

 plant. A small tree is always safer and will quickly pass 

 a large one. that has been successfully moved. 



The 'smaller the tree is when first set the less likely it 

 is to blow over in after years. 



Eucalyptus trees are generally surface rooters and when 

 making rapid growth the first three or four years are some- 



