CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. INTRODUCTION 5 



2. HISTORY OF EUCALYPTUS IN CALIFORNIA 5 



3. THE TIMBER EUCALYPTS 5 



4. SYLVICAL CHARACTERISTICS 6 



a. Age and Size 6 



b. Form , 6 



c. Tolerance 6 



d. Root Development S 



6. WlNDFIRMNESS 8 



f. Reproduction S 



1. Sprout Reproduction 8 



2. Seed Reproduction 



5. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 9 



a. Soil 9 



b. Temperature 10 



c. Moisture 10 



6. PLANTING REGION 12 



7. CHOICE OF SPECIES 12 



8. HOME-GROWN vs. NURSERY SEEDLINGS 14 



9. NURSERY PRACTICE 15 



a. Lath House 15 



b. Seed Boxes 16 



c. Watering 10 



d. Transplanting IT 



e. Protection of Nursery IT 



TO. FIELD PLANTING IT 



11. SPACING IS 



1 2. CULTIVATION IS 



13. COST OF PLANTATIONS 2Q 



14. PROTECTION 20 



15. CUTTING. THINNING AND PRUNING 20 



16. GROWTH 21 



IT. ECONOMIC PLANTING 34 



a. Windbreaks 34 



b. Commercial Plantations 3T 



18. TIMBER UTILIZATION 40 



a. Fuelwood 40 



b. Posts 42 



c. Poles 43 



d. Railroad Ties 43 



e. Mine Timbers 1 1 



f. Wharf Pili no 44 



g. Dimension Material 4<*» 



