28 FOREST CULTURE AND 



well cultivated during the Winter and kept entirely 

 clean the trees can be transplanted at any time dur- 

 ing the Summer or dry season. To do this, however/ 

 it will be necessary to transplant from boxes where 

 germinated into other boxes, allowing about three 

 inches square of soil and six inches deep, for each lit- 

 tle tree, so that the soil with tree can be placed in the 

 ground where they are permanently to grow, without 

 disturbing or exposing the roots. There should be 

 about half a bucket of water to each tree — the water 

 put into the hole, and immediately after it disappears 

 the tree set in. ^ 



It is estimated of the Blue Gum that there are fifty 

 thousand seeds in one pound, and that forty thousand 

 will grow, being equal to two thousand five hundred 

 to the ounce. 



Eucalyptus rostrata, or Red Gum There are, of 



this variety, at least double the number, and equal to 

 five thousand trees to the ounce. The plan of germinat- 

 ing the seeds of this tree is very similar to that of the 

 Blue Gum, excepting that there must be not over half 

 the quantity of sawdust, and no sand required ; the 

 seeds planted nearer the surface, and more heat neces- 

 sary. The manner of transplanting the same as the 

 Blue Gum. 



I recommend in forest - planting that the trees be 

 set six to seven feet apart, and in rows, where it is 

 possible, so as to cultivate with a horse, while the 

 trees are small. Six by seven will give one thousand 

 trees to the acre. After five years' growth remove 

 three fourths of them, leaving about two hundred and 

 fifty of the stralghtest and best trees. My estimate 



