102 FOEBST CULTURE AND 



of London, Paris, Calcutta, San Francisco, Buenos 

 Ayres, Valparaiso and elsewhere, as it will be long 

 before a suflBcient local supply can be secured abroad 

 from cultivated trees. 



Monsieur Prosper Eamel, of Paris, stands foremost 

 among those who promoted Eucalyptus culture in 

 South Europe. 



Facts, such as just alluded to, may give an idea 

 with what ease the . Eucalyptus can be disseminated 

 over extensive areas. Although the first cost of seeds, 

 or the facilities for their transit, preservation, and 

 germination, can only enter to a small extent into 

 consideration, when an object so important as that of 

 raising or restoring forests is to be attained, yet the 

 data thus far given in reference to some of the best 

 Eucalypts cannot but tend toward encouragement of 

 culture here and abroad. Indeed, among nearly all 

 the trees of the globe, most of our Eucalypts, together 

 with species of the allied genera — tristania, ango- 

 phora, melaleuca and metrosideros — produce seeds 

 the most minute and the most copious. The seeds of 

 the Birches, and of most species of flcus are, however, 

 also remarkably light and numerous. 



At saw-mills and splitters' establishments, the gath- 

 ering of seeds, particularly through the aid of chil- 

 dren, might be carried on most conveniently and most 

 inexpensively, the sums realized therefrom being clear 

 gain. The same may be said of collecting the abun- 

 dant gum -resins of various Eucalypts, which, for 

 medicinal and technologic purposes, are now in much 

 demand for export. Purchasers in the city offer about 

 one shilling per pound. The liquid (very astringent) 

 exudations of the Eucalypts are also salable. The 



