SPECIES OF EUCALYPTS NOW GROWING IN FLORIDA. 29 



Table 17. — Eucalyptus tereticornis in Florida. 





Age. 



Height. 



Diameter 

 breast 

 high. 



Average annual 

 growth. 



Killed 



back by 



frost. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 





Location. 



Height. 



Diameter 

 breast 

 high. 



Soil. 



Estero 



Years. 

 3 



4 



4 



4 



4 

 4 

 6 

 (?)6 

 (?)6 

 6i 



10 

 10 

 9 



14 

 15 

 25 



(?)25 



Feet. 

 25 



30 



28 



20 



25 

 30 

 37 

 33 

 30 

 32 



20 

 32 

 60 



48 

 36 



70 



Inches. 

 4.4 



4.3 



4.4 



3.6 



4.9 

 6.0 

 9.0 

 11.7 

 10.3 

 7.5 



6.0 



9.4 



25.5 



10.2 



8.2 

 33.1 



22.8 



Feet. 

 8.3 



7.5 



7.0 



5.0 



6.3 

 7.5 

 6.2 

 5.5 

 5.0 

 4.9 



2.0 

 3.2 

 6.7 



3.4 



2.4 

 3.1 



2.8 



Inches. 

 1.5 



1.1 



1.1 



.9 



1.2 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 2.0 

 1.7 

 1.2 



.6 

 .9 



2.8 



.7 

 .5 

 1.3 

 .9 





o F 



Very poor with 

 rocks close to sur- 

 face. 



Fort Myers . 











pan close to sur- 

 face. 



Very poor with, 

 rocks close to sur- 

 face. 



Hardpan at vary- 

 ing depths from 

 the surface. 

 Do. 



Fort Myers 



Do 











Do. 







Do. 



Do .. 







Hardpan. 



St. Petersburg . 

 Do 



No 



No 



No 



20 

 20 





Sandy 10 to 15 feet 



Do. 







to clay. 



Do... 









Do 



No 



22 



Sandy, 15 or 20 feet 



Tampai 



deep. 



No 























West Palm 







Sandy. 



Beach.i 





22 



35 



4-6 

 6.5 









20 



Hardpan 4 feet 













from ground. 

 Sandy 10 to 15 feet 















to clay. 



1 Seedling. 

 EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS LABILLIARDIERE ( MANNA GUM). 



Manna gum was found at four places in Florida, and only at the 

 most northern location, Eustis, had it ever been affected by frost. 

 There a temperature of 16° F. caused the withering of some of the 

 branches, but the injury was not severe. At none of the other places 

 where it was found — Tampa, Miami, and Avon Park — was it ever 

 injured by frost. At Avon Park it was planted on deep, sandy 

 soil and made its best growth there. One specimen there 15 years 

 old had a height of 57 feet and a diameter of 26.8 inches at breast- 

 height. Of all the eucalypts tried in Florida, the manna gum has 

 proved so far the hardiest species. It can safely be planted within 

 the orange range of the State. 



In Canterbury, New Zealand, it withstood temperatures as low as 

 20°. It has been grown even at Haddington, in southern Scotland. 

 There it withstood for 30 years the winters in the open air, and has 

 attained a diameter of 8 feet at the base and a height of 50 feet, 

 though it was sheltered from cold winds. 



