The interest in tree planting in California is at fever heat, as appears from the following statements of the San Francisco Bulletin: "The demand for the seeds of the Sequoia gigantea and the Eucalyptus globulus is unprecedented. Half a million trees of the latter were sold last season in this vicinity; and nurserymen predict that the demand the ensuing season will cover three million trees. A very large number of the other sorts of gum-trees are sold for ornamental purposes, many of them being more desirable for such purposes than the blue gum. There are twenty-seven varieties of the Australian gum-tree grown in this vicinity. Some of them are equal in every quality which constitutes a good shade-tree, to any tree grown upon this coast. The seed of the blue gum is now retailing for about $3 an ounce. There are about 3,000 seeds in an ounce. The seed of the Sequoia gigantea retails for about the same price; and. the demand at present is ahead of the supply. It is now sent all over the world.

But the demand is the greatest from Australia. Specimen plants are now grown in most of the conservatories of the Eastern States. There is also a good demand for the seed of the Monterey Cypress. For hedges and wind-breakers nothing has yet been found in this country equal to this species of cypress. When cut in and carefully trained it presents a soft, fine spicula, and keeps its place admirably. If the tree is left to grow in its natural state it makes wood as fast as gum."