Identifier: eucalyptscultiva00mccl (find matches)
Title: Eucalypts cultivated in the United States
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: McClatchie, Alfred James
Subjects: Eucalyptus Forests and forestry -- United States
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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Eucalyptus viminalis. Pasadena. Cal. Tret. 24 years old. J)iimn.-tcT <il uuuk, over y feet. 35, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate XLVIl
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Eucalyptus viminalis South Pasadena, Cal. Trees 12 Years Old. PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF EUCALYPTS GROWN IN AMERICA. 61 jjf^gg^—The timber is strong- and durable, splits readily, and is notliable to warp. It is useful for lumber, for fence rails, and for posts.The bark is used for roofing, for mats, and for strings. The leavesare a source of Eucalyptus oil. Eucalyptus g-lobulus. BlIE (4IM. CharacterlHtics.—Th.\i^ species is the best known of the Eucalyptsand in many respects the best known tree in all the world. Baron vonMueller says of it: Of the more than 1,000 different species of treesindigenous to Australia, Lucalyptm glohulus takes the first positionin importance, and among its own kind it is the prince of Eucalypts.It is the third tallest of the species of Eucalyptus, the usual height inAustralia being 200 to 300 feet. In California, where trees can befound 30 or more years old, many have attained the height of 150feet, and a diameter of 3 to 6 feet during these years. One tree inPasadena, 25 years o

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