New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-19

S.,"1maS a SsHcats Ssse,sbbe; and the young
shoots are eaid TO reeemble asparagus. nc
wbi.h svesti'h When hr s.,;,sS MO IND Of spr
kntvp in Eastern countries BY the name Oh a'rS1A'
Date, are among the staple articles oil food Id
countries where the tree grows naturally.
Ino,ber yery valuable food-produeiDg tree tha,
h.an rsturaIized in the West Indies, and might
:. j.; favorable locs,ies in the Southern States, is
The Tamayisd Tree (Tamarlndus indicus), native
# Egypt, Arabia and India. Itgrows now a5un-
dainty 10 large size in Jamaica, in deep, rich,
hlscL mold. and produces excellent fruit, though
different from that of the East Indies. 1t is grown
IN England as an ornamental tree. The fruit grows
in yods, consisting of hard seed, az much so as
that Of the plum, imbedded in pulp, which, boiled
with sugar, or sirop dc battery of the sugar panta
top. makes an excellent acid preserved fruit, very
cooling and grateful to fever patients.
Another tree, Indigenous to the mountains of
Central India, which affords valuable gum, known
in commerce as OliOaDum, il is thought might be
adapted to similar situations in Southern States.
This tree, the BOsneuia Ssrzata produced the
fraIkincense OF ancient times.
Another odoriferous gum producing shrub is the
Boisom Of Giload Tree (Amyris gileaden-is)
native Of AIabi,, and grows spontaneously 10 the
mountains of Yemen, to the hight Of ten or twelve
feet, with crooked spreading branches, bearing
aromatic resin on the buds, which once bad very
high value in the East, and il id now esteemed botf
as med cine and odoriferous unguent or cosmetic.
But the mott valuable Of producing trees
capable of sccimstion in this country is probably
TIE Egyptian GUm-Arabi Tree Acacia vera,
which hfoTos the finest gum arabic Of commerce. 10
native of sandy dese!s of Arabia Egypt, and the
western parts Of Asia 1t also grows sbuncandy IN
Bnibay and other pArs Of Africa, particularly in the
Ailss Mountains.
"Ibe gum exudes spontaneously from the bark Of
the trunk and branches Of the Tree Ia soft or nearly
H. id state aud hardeIs by exposure t. the air TO the
heet of the run The more sickly the tree, the
gum it yields and the hotter the weather, the more
Woifc II is
II may not be aIniss TO state that one of the
native trees of Texas and New-MexicO, belonging to
the same family, affords a gum that may be found
equally valuable, which can be obtained in the
greatest abundance.
ALother tree that produces a valuable gum which
could probably be cultivated with success in Cali
furnia, and afford valuable article in commerce, is
the Maaie Tree (Pistaca lentiscus) native Of
the south of Europe, the Leyant, and the west of
ASIA This tree is grown in Italy aud Portugal and
e1udes its gum through missions in the bark. 1t
rarely exceeds ~ feet in hight, and ts natural form
is very crooked.
Several medicinal shrubs and trees are brought
TO notice in this Report worthy of the attention of
people who import drugs in such ship-load guam
titles as we do into the United States. One Of the
trees from which we derive large quantities of
n = bo (Ouoasia
anara) native Of Surnam, which is beautiful
shrub, or low tree, the roots, bark and wood OF
which afford the true offoina quassia of commerce.
This plant is sufficiently hardy TO withstand the |
Summer climate Of England, aud, consequently, |
would Withstand the w nter OF our extreme South.
1t is probably more hardy than the orange or lemon
tree We presume its extensive introduction into |
this country would be looked upon with favor by |
the brewers, and di6fayor by the horse flies. To |
one is a substitute for hOps-to he other deadly
poison.
The Egyptian SenR0 Plant (Cassa senna) grows
spontaneously in Syria, Arabia aud Upper E., pit, |
and is cultivated in Italy, the West Indies, and |
other parts of the world for lis leaves which form
a considerable article of commerce 1t grows a
woody, branching stem, some two feet high, and
has been produced in England, and nigh. be in
this country.
II is also probable that we nigh. grow in SOuth |
California, and perhaps in the Atlantic Southern
States the Rhatany Plant (Kramera triandra) |
indigenous TO several provinces in Peru, delights in
dry, argllaceOus or sandy soils, and grows on the
decvities OF mountains exposed to the intense heat
of the sun. II partskes Of the form of an UNDER
shrub, with very long, much -branched, spreading |
roots of blackish-red color externally, red with.
in and having an intensely styptic, bitter taste.
The root is astriDgent and aromatic; tlncture |
of il in brandy forms the basis probably, of more
PC. VINE than all that is imported from Portugal
An ornamental evergreen, as we'll as valuable
timber tree, which also affords food and which may
be grown in California and New-Mexico, is the
Bunpa- Bu.ya (Araucara bdweii) native of
New-South Wales, which has been introduced IN
our conseryatories i'll this country aud England.
1t grows TO a great hight, and bears immense
cones, full of seeds resembling the kernel Of an
almond, which the natives roast and eat.
The Deodar Cedar is highly, but never too highly
recommended as one of the most valuable Of timber
trees that We could cultivate in this country. Much
encouragement has been given to .s introduction
into England, and several thousand Bushels of seed
were imported from India few years age, which
have produced a million Of young cedars. The
wood is very valuable, enduring the action of the
ellen emit, for centuries and it may be polished into
beautiful furniture As an ornamental tree the
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