4 INTRODUCTION. 



but ha^ to do more especially with the genus as it behaves in North 

 America. Only those species that have fruited and bv this means 

 have been ideutitied are treated. This treatise is based mainly upon 

 ten 3'ears' observation and study of the genus in California and Ari- 

 zona and three 3'ears of experimental work in the latter region. 

 Besides the data obtained as a result of this personal work, very 

 nuich of value concerning the genus has been learned through cor- 

 respondence with students and growers of Eucalypts in the various 

 regions where they grow naturalh' or have been introduced. In this 

 connection I wish to acknowledge especial indebtedness to the follow- 

 ing persons for valuable assistance rendered: Hon. Abbot Kinney, 

 Los Angeles; Hon. Ellwood Cooper, Santa Barbara; Mr. J. H. Maiden, 

 F. L. S., government botanist, Sydne3% Australia; Mr. F. Manson 

 Bailey, F. L. S., colonial botanist, Brisbane, Australia; Prof. L. 

 Trabut, Alger-Mustapha, Algiers; E. R. Holmes, Paris; Nathan W. 

 Blanchard, Santa Paula, Cal.; and Col. G. H. Norton and A. K. 

 Sanders, Eustis, Fla. 



The purpose of this l)ulletin is to give information concerning the 

 characteristics of the Eucalypts, their climatic requirements, and their 

 uses; to give directions and suggestions as to their propagation and 

 culture; and to furnish a means of identifying seedlings and mature 

 trees, so that as the Eucalypts growing throughout the Southwest 

 become identified, such trees may become sources of information con- 

 cerning the species they represent, and sources of seed for propaga- 

 tion. This Australian group of trees now serves ver}^ many useful 

 purposes in the Southwest, and gives promise of great future useful- 

 ness in the semiarid portions of our continent. It is believed that 

 when the merits of these trees are fully understood, and information 

 concerning their climatic requirements and their propagation is readily 

 available, they will l^e planted more extensively and with increasing 

 intelligence and discrimination. The covering of the now untillable, 

 treeless portions of the semitropic section of America with such trees 

 as Eucalypts, which will yield fuel, timber, and other useful products, 

 and also furnish protection from the sun, from winds, and from floods, 

 or otherwise ameliorate existing climatic conditions, is certainly an 

 achievement greatly to be desired. 



The illustrations are from photographs made b}^ the writer during 

 the past six years. Photographs of most of the seedlings in pots were 

 made at a nursery in South Pasadena, Cal., the proprietors of which 

 were extensive American growers of Eucalypts. The remainder were 

 taken at the experiment station farm near Phoenix, Ariz. Seedlings 4 

 to 8 months old, as nearly typical of the respective species as possible, 

 were selected for subjects. It is believed that these illustrations will 

 prove useful to growers and purchasers in identifying seedlings of these 



