36 EUCALYPTS IN FLORIDA. 



Table 19. — Number of eucalyptus seeds to the ounce. 



Name of species. 



Seeds per 

 ounce. 



Plants for 

 field plant- 

 ing from 

 1 ounce of 

 seed. 



Name of species. 



Seeds per 

 ounce. 



Plants for 

 field plant- 

 ing from 

 1 ounce of 

 seed. 





Number. 

 6,600 

 8,484 

 6,120 



12,500 

 1,770 

 4,200 



14,130 

 4,600 



Number. 



1,320 



1,700 



1,220 



2,500 



350 



800 



2,830 



920 





Number. 

 910 



0) 



800 

 1,908 



25,000 



C 1 ) 

 1,412 



15, 800 



Number. 

 180 





E. obliqua 







E. paniculata 



160 







400 





E . rostrata 



5,000 













280 





E. viminalis 



3,160 







1 Seeds indistinguishable from chaff, over 30,000 per ounce. 



In small quantities the price of seed varies from 50 cents per ounce 

 for species like E. globulus to $2 per ounce for species like E. citrio- 

 dora. On a general average $1 per ounce will be a safe estimate of 

 the cost of the seed. 



TIME OF PLANTING. 



In California there are distinct wet and dry seasons, and planting 

 is usually done from the end of the winter rainy season, late enough 

 to escape frosts, to June and July. 



In Florida, however, the season may be extended under different 

 conditions over nearly all the year, except the three winter months 

 of December, January, and February, in which frosts are most likely 

 to occur. 



For planting on dry situations it is best to raise the seedlings 

 under protection in the winter, beginning about September or 

 October, and to do the field planting late in February or early in 

 March, just as soon as the danger from frost is over. This is also 

 best in the case of very frost-sensitive species in order to allow them 

 to have a longer vegetative period, and consequently to be better able 

 to resist the possible low temperature of the following winter. 



In the southern part of the peninsula, however, and on situations 

 where there is danger of an overabundance of water during the sum- 

 mer months, and with the species which are least frost sensitive, the 

 seedlings may be grown in the open during the spring and summer 

 months and planted in the field early in the fall, soon after the rainy 

 season is over and as soon as the surplus water in the soil has dis- 

 appeared. Experience in Florida has shown that the roots are likely 

 to rot because of the heat and excess of water in the ground if the 

 seedlings are planted on wet sites in the summer without giving time 

 for the roots to become well established before the rains begin. 



