New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-06-09

are cabbages of various kinds, which like
wise degenerate in some places, lettuce
carrots, celery, onions, sorrel, endives,
garlic, asparagus, turnips, caulihower,
chayote, tomato and pumpkins Of various
kinds. In the way of fruits, as it enjoys
various temperatures, there are pine
apples, oranges, sweet and sour; lemons,
likewise sweet and sour; shaddocks, cit
rons, lines, cocoanuts, dates, chirimoyas
"a most delicious fruit), ananas or Gus
tard apples, bananas and plantains OF |
various kinds, plums, muskmelons, water |
melons, grapes, wild and cultivated;
strawberries, pears of different kinds,
Mexican apples, ounces, pomgranates'
colorado mammees, peaches, apricots,
guavas, figs, blackberries, tamarisks'
garumbullas, and many other kinds.
As for pasturage, barley, lucerne, the
leaves of the maize, grasses of Para and
Guinea, wild oats and multitude of
other kinds of grains and grasses serve
as pasturage and fodder for cattle, sheep,
mules and horses.
The timber consists Of the white and
red pine tree, the silver tree "a kind OF
fir, the white cedar, the juniper sabina'
the willow, poplar, cypress, sandalwood'
acacias of various kinds, ignum vitae,
walnut, mulberry, balsam of tolu, rose,
ebony, mahogany, Brazilwood (much
esteemed for the hardness and frmness of
/ its woody, Bombay ceiba, aloe, acana,
quiebra, oaks OF different kinds, and a
multitude more. .......
Its odoriferous and medicinal plants
are balm, wormwood, coriander, maiden's
hair, borage, anise, cumin, dwarf hg'
gilthead, thyme, sweet marjoram, laurel,
SALIVA, rosemary, rue, succory, hnseed,
mustard, parsley, hemlock, pennyroyal,
clover, piony, Malmsey grape, ceboua
albarrana. In addition to its sarsaparilla
and sassafras may be counted more than
thousand plants known by the natives
which contribute to the cure of various
diseases, and others which are the true an
tidotes against the stings and bites Of
poisonous insects and reptiles, such as
the eoluber and the guaco.
Cotton is raised, although rot until the
seed has been two years in the ground
1t is liable to be destroyed by an insect
which attacks the root. The American
aloe, the mezel henequin and leguguillar
whose fbres are excellent for cordage, al
grow luxuriantly. OF oleaginous products
are the olive, the American earth nut, thu
sesamum orientale, lime-leaved sage, lin
seed, coleseed and biquerilla. Among
the gum yielding are found the dragon
tree, the gum of mezquita equal to gun
; Arabic), turpentine, gum guaiacum ant
} caoutchouc.
/ Among the tubers are the common po
= tato, the sweet potato, white yellow anC
t mulberry colored; the yam, the jieami
and many other farinaceous roots.
It's fora is SO extensive and varied tha
f an adequate description of it is quite be
yond the limits of an elementary work
Suffice it to mention few of the NOR
i exquisite flowers, viz: the pink, rose G
. CASTLE, rose Of Jericho, dahlia, camelia
r iasmin, violet, tuberose, iris, pebete Ia
s aromatic plant, larkspur, rose-bay, gill
g flower, plumbago, honeysuckle and eyel
o lasting.
i. The sugar-cane may likewise be mer
e toned, of which is made sugar, piloncII
= and brandy, the latter in small quantities
also the mezcal plant, from which is 81
It tracted the wine of that name.
s III. Animal Kingdom beautiful
], though narrow, valleys, the highland
It ridges, glens and dales of Sonora al
!, favorable to the production and increas
}; of the animal kingdom, so that cattle, i
d its succulent an nutritious pasture
i grow rapidly and increase abundantly, {
10 do the sheep on its plains; but in th
y mountainous places the brambles an
J. thorns injure them and prevent their rapi
lie increase, causing many focks to sufe
S, and perish.
y There are herds of horned cattle, swim
10 asses, mules and horses. The last a
very strong and beautiful
Is Among the domestic birds are hen
6, turkeys, pigeons, geese, China and Guin'
"a fowls. Among the musical are the zel
,r zontle, bird resembling the nightingal
e. the trumpet of the forest, the canary, lii
net, nightingale and calendar lark. The
h are also the cardinal, gold-hammer, dow
d Of different kinds, sparrows, and Il
"a beautiful colibus, known also as the hur
a. ming bird. OF the talking birds there a
" the parrot, the magpie, the paroquet, Il
It exquisite mocking-bird, and the macav
is Conspicuous among birds of prey
the Mexican eagle, although now it is n
fe very common; others are the royal eagl
y the small eagle, the sparrow hawk, Il
IN raven, owl, pelican, buzzard and osprey
re Chief among water fowl are gees
fe cranes, seagulls, herons-white rosea
q and brown; while among game may
.. counted paTtridges, quails, wild turkey
10 pheasants; widgeons-a species of duck
t. and prairie chickens.
te The quadrupeds of chase are the dee
rabbit, hare, wild boar, bear, the MexicI
bull, buffalo, chamois and wild sheep.
The amphibious animals are the Otto
water dog, lizard, crocodile and alligatc