Eucalypts cultivated in the United States . Eucalyptus botryoides. Trees 3 Years Old. 35, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Dept. of Agricultur. Eucalyptus BOTRvuiULb. Thle 15 Years Old. PART II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENUS EUCALYPTUS. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. The genus Eucalyptus includes about 150 species. Most of themare trees of large size; some of them among the largest in the range, however, from immense trees towering high on plainsand hillsides down to small shrubs that cover desert or alpine regions. They grow in a great variety of soils and climates, the various nativeenvironment
Eucalypts cultivated in the United States . Eucalyptus botryoides. Trees 3 Years Old. 35, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Dept. of Agricultur. Eucalyptus BOTRvuiULb. Thle 15 Years Old. PART II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENUS EUCALYPTUS. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. The genus Eucalyptus includes about 150 species. Most of themare trees of large size; some of them among the largest in the range, however, from immense trees towering high on plainsand hillsides down to small shrubs that cover desert or alpine regions. They grow in a great variety of soils and climates, the various nativeenvironments having thus resulted in the development of species thatare quite different from one another. In their native home the}^ growboth scattered and in forests. The Eucalypts are all evergreens, a fact that should be taken intoconsideration when planting them. Many of the species are vigorous growers, a few being especiallynoted for the great rapidity of their growth. The Blue Gum {Euca-lyptus (jlohulus) is one of the fastest growing of the genus. On theranch of Hon. Ellwood Cooper, near Santa Barbara, Cal., trees of thisspecies 25 j^
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