Section
One / The Early Years
From Down Under
Just Call It "eucalyptus"
Eucalyptus Discovered
Noted
Writers and Authorities
"California
Here I Come!"
Who Was Really
First?
Interest Continues
To the End of
the Century
From Rags
to Riches Maybe?
The Doldrums
Renewed Interest
Section Two / Physical Properties and Uses
Physical Properties
Identification
Climate
Drought
Frost
Soils
Seeds
Young Plants
Strength
Foliage
Flowers
Bark, Trunk,
and Roots
Cropping Back
The Multiplicity
of Uses
As Forest Cover
For Firewood
and Biomass Fuel
As Windbreaks
As Timber
As
Posts, Pilings, Poles, and Railroad Ties
Uses As Hardwood
It Should Be Well-Seasoned
For Pulp,
Paper, and Fibreboard
As a Boiler Cleaner
A Source of Honey
A Source of Food
As Medicine
Fighting Malaria
For Landscaping
and Roadways
Section Three / Problems, Care, Economics and Species
A Fire Hazard?
Beetle Problem
Love
or Hate and the Ecological Question
Planting and Care
Individual
Trees, Groves, and Plantations
Economics
So Many Eucalyptus
Species
Finis