Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-11
|%,,E RAIN TREE,
| emily Dripping From Its
..s Making q Marsh.

r~aStAnUy
and Making a Mar.h.
sydney Herald.
.,;,n of the Hon. j. Il.
aitep,.,,"ar for mines has been
Inoiice in Land and Water
cs ~ spain Tree" which
pg "" h America, and accord.
so .n,iee, is so remarkable that
bis n" ,sn reversing an arid and
WIZ Of country, have been
U, W., ,he strange contrast OF see
WIN l',,s hand n barren desert,
o .l'e other n rich and luxu-
wy s,,on The tree, this notice
gess ,s 20 the height of sixty
~ gov = diameter OF three feet at
i'n y. ! II possesses the power of
ans sb.orblng ard condensing
Pr ;a,,v of the atmosphere so
u'' ,hst water is always to be
Ing from It's trunk In such
Optic 70 convert the surrounding
,sritnble marsh. Mr.. Alb
lied for a report on the sub
he inspector of forests, Mr.,
rho has written the follow.
CoNsERvANCy BRANCH,
AVN or MINES. SYDNEY,
isS4- Sir: In accordance with
.,roc,ions on Mr.. Godlard's
nrmbered MS per margin, !
honor to In form you that l
s.sred the following Informs
nsctlnp the habitats and uses Of
Tree or guango, Albizzia "a.
\ VEN Mueller, or Pithecolabi-
.,sn Of Bentham; Baron Mueller
hls work on Extra Tropical
n"blished in 1881, that the
j or euango IL a lofty tree, par
~ valuable for wet saline coun-
" Il extends from Mex
, ~ and Peru. 1t attains u
"iseyenty feet, trunk six feet
sstsr' the colossal branches ex-
: I'D feet, aud II Is of quick
IN outlines not unlike an oak.
a magnificent feature In q
mo II tnrives In the dry salt
;strIcts of the West Indies, and
ae vicinity Of the sea. Rain aud
il through its leaves, which are
rst night, thus allowing grass
underneath. 1t thrives bes,
me rainfall fluctuates between
and sixty inches n year--one OF
!. trees in mild climates Tor road
n lines The wood is hard and
,,utsl, but the principal utility
y tree lies in its pulpy
shich are produced in great
,nce and constitute "A very fat
fodder for all kinds of pastora
Nd. which eat them with relish
bin Smith, A. l., s., ex'curato
! ROYAL Botanic Gardens. Kew
bn. in his Dictionary OF Eco
kal Plants published In 1852
that the zamang is the Spanisl
of the tree, and II is n native o
kuela. He quotes Humboldt
|p,ion ,lf the tree, which is a
"a: we saw In the evening, n
hue distant, an object which ap
u in the horizon like
B hillock covered with trees
has neither a hill nor u group o
close to each other. but on
y tree-the famous Fam
bel Guayre,' remarkable for tn
nous extent of its branches
b form u hemisphere head 81
n circumference, the diameter q
stem being nine feet near tn
hd. IL belongs to the mimos
bn Of the order Legunlinas;e, an,
pecies of the genus Pitheboliur
SamaDl.' Seeds taken from tn
we're raised in the botanic garden.
dad, in 1920. 1t appears to b
lovlng when young, u tree fort
kolaneasuriDg fifteen feet In eli
lernce near the ground. 1t liza
ailtish, curved pods, abou
irches In length and one inch Il
containing a swedish pull
are in common us
Feeding cattle, and for tina
rse the tree is now cult
In different countries. 1t Is ais
W as the rain tree. | may furthe
Plat n few years ago II number {
|ng plants of the rain tree were II
81 In the Sydney BOTANIC garden
the botanic gardens, Ceyion, o
bit of which they were placed in
house, where they grew we'll du
The summer months; but I'll
e OF the plants persisted In I'll
er, which would indicate the elm
| sydney isnOt sufficiently war;
he cultivation of this tree. III
tree evidently requires IA moi
NE nearthe sea, ana IL might gu
In some of the Northern Goa
lets, but 1t is very doubtful If
q grow In the interior, or in Il
lets subject to droughts and frost
after being the localities whe
a tree would be most required f
e and stock feed. The statemen
. by travellers in South Ameri,
Land and Water attacht
70, that water is constant
ping from the trunk of the Il
ID such quantity NJ to convert Il
MO a verltable marsh, is, | thin
gera,ed, and requires further re
confirmation. Should steps
II TO ascertain II the rain tree c,
rocured In the colonies, and II s
'ocure plants and test it's suitab
" various districts in New Sou
fs' ] have. etc., John Duff
Z !; Abbott has directed that ste
Ahth 10 procure some of tha tire,