. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. nd R. spinescens inermis. Atriplex leptocarpa has no advantagesover A. semibaccata for this region; A. vesicaria and A. halimoides donot yield well when old plants, and are apt to die out in spots. A. ^ grown from cuttings, received no irrigation, madeplants several feet high, and covered the ground well. Cut December11, 1901, it yielded at the rate of 17 tons 485 pounds of excellent greenforage for cows and sheep. This species stands two cuttings a year,here, yiel
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. nd R. spinescens inermis. Atriplex leptocarpa has no advantagesover A. semibaccata for this region; A. vesicaria and A. halimoides donot yield well when old plants, and are apt to die out in spots. A. ^ grown from cuttings, received no irrigation, madeplants several feet high, and covered the ground well. Cut December11, 1901, it yielded at the rate of 17 tons 485 pounds of excellent greenforage for cows and sheep. This species stands two cuttings a year,here, yielding a total of not less than twenty tons of green feed. Ifcut but once, the branches are more woody and waste occurs. Thisspecies now seems the most promising of the large saltbushes for thisregion. At present, however, no fertile seed can be had, and growthfrom cuttingsoffers the only method of propagation. Superior to A. halimoides and A. haltmus.—Vnder all circumstanceswhere tested, at the Central Station and at the substations, the yield is much greater than that of A. halimoides^ the largest. Plate 6. Atriplex nummularia. of the other Australian shrubby species grown in California. Only oneplant of A. halimus. a South African species of local repute, has beengrown, the seed proving poor, and this yielded to drought. The Agri-cultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, May, 1893, reported atlength upon comparative trials of A. halimus. their native species, andA. nummularia, with the conclusion that the last-named yielded moreand better forage. The Agricultural Gazette of New South Walesurges all landowners to establish small, enclosed plantations of thissaltbush for a stand-by in years of scant rainfall. How to Propagate from Cuttings.—In Australia the cutting systemof propagating this saltbush is preferred to any other. Medium-sizedpieces of wood from six inches to a foot long are used, and the cuttingsare set out in rows four feet apart and two feet in
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