Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-15
WESLEY GREENE, STATE HoRTI.
cULTuRlsT, NOT ALARMED
OVER OUTLOOK.
DOES NOT SEE MILLIONS
IN GROWING HARD WOODS
No Money in Eucalyptus Trees in CAL
ifornia or the catalpa in Iowa-Ad-
vent of William B. Mckinley Into
Iowa Traction Circles May Mean
Much for State.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 15.-State Horti-
culturist Wesley Greene is not losing
sleep over the prospects of a lumber
famine and neither is he stampeded
by the millions a man can make grow
ing eucalyptus trees in California or
catalpa trees in Iowa. He believes the
day will come when trees will be
grown for commercial purposes but
does not believe that day has arrived
vet. He believes il is question of the
profits to be made and not question
of finding a tree that will grow fast
enough TO make the lumber
Efforts are being made to boom Cal
ifornia as a place where millions can
be made growing the eucalyptus tree,
which it is claimed will make mar
ketable lumber in abundance in ten
years and a lot of California land is
being sold 10 Iowa people on that
scheme.
You can't make any such an
amount of money growing those trees,
IN ;he first place said Mr.. Greene to-
day when he was asked whether the
claims were reasonable The tree
grows very fast and makes Ane hard
firm wood but no one can make as
much money as they claim he can. l
was out in California in 1882 when
they were first starting eucalyptus
trees. There were just a few planted
along the irrigation bitches g great
deal as We plant willows in this coun
Try I was out there some years ago
again and they were big trees. In
twenty years they had made quite a
growth. Some money could be made
growing them but the question IS
whether more could not be made grow
ing something else that would make
returns every year.
Some years ago the eatalpa tree
business was doomed II this country,
Nursery men Went about selling trees
% ire farmers al $50 thousand.
claiming they were very scare when
one could buy al ne wanted for S. a
thousand. They grow very fast too and
make 9 very nice fine wood for interior
finishing. There is some OF il right
there and Mr.. Greene pointed TO some
IN the finishing Of the horticultural
room in the STATE house.
tCatalpas grow rapidly and one can
make as much growing them in Iowa
no doubt as growing eucalyptics in
California. OF course lumber is getting
some scarcer than /. VAS many years
i aga bu. thare is no need to worry over
lumber famine. When the price of
lumber gets 70 ;he place where there
it. whv. there are hundreds of acres
Of the mes, oak erees growing right
here In Iowa today and the owners of
the land would be glad 10 give away
tia trsas L anyone would remove the-n
ana thay have ne fines. kind of lu.n-
Der in than and an abundance Of it
After .ae lanlber companies get theiI
lumber cut of there VIII still be plenty
II lumber in the country some place
"Ona can grow cottonwoods, or tbs
Carolina poplar. which is an improved
cotton wood. IN just few years the,
viii make lumber. There is an old ire.
across the street" and Mr.. Green.
pointed 20 the tree across from tn.
east entrance of the state house, tina
T stoula indigo is ahor. -Tenrv-fv.