52 PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTY-THIRD FRUIT-GROWERS ' CONVENTION. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SECOND DAY. 



Wednesday, December 4, 1907. 

 The Convention was called to order by President Jeffrey at 9 :30 

 o'clock A. M. 



The report of the Secretary was read by Mr. Isaac. 



THE CHAIRMAN. If there are no inaccuracies in the report, it 

 will be accepted without any further ceremony. Colonel Irish will 

 probably be here shortly to read his paper. In the meantime, I have 

 the pleasure of introducing Mr. Leonard Coates, who will speak a few 

 moments on the Eucalyptus. 



THE EUCALYPTUS. 



MR. COATES. Ladies and Gentlemen: I am not at all prepared 

 to deliver any address on this subject, but I understood from the 

 Secretary that Mr. Walton was going to give us some little talk on the 

 eucalyptus, particularly in regard to its local adaptation. I wrote him 

 that I would be prepared to supplement his talk by showing a few 

 different species of the eucalyptus and mentioning some of their char- 

 acteristics. I had supposed that this would come up later during the 

 Convention and that Mr. Walton would have talked to us first, but as 

 a little time is at our disposal, I could just mention a few points regard- 

 ing some of the timber varieties. 



You know that at the present time there is a great deal of talk and 

 discussion about the eucalyptus for all purposes of fuel and timber, 

 hard woods, wagon work, and so on. Very little is known about this 

 family of trees except with regard to what we know as the blue gum 

 and possibly the red gum and one or two others to a more or less extent ; 

 but from all the reports— the Government reports and the Experiment 

 Station reports— we find there are a great many other species, which 

 while they are planted only a little here and there— a few trees— ought 

 to be known more and ought to be planted more. The Government is 

 from time to time issuing bulletins in regard to the planting and grow- 

 ing of these trees and also in regard to the different species and their 

 characteristics and uses. 



I have been interested in the eucalyptus for a long time, more or less, 

 but recently it seems to be such a very important subject, and one 



