The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-05
ExAS AT NEW ORLEANS.
An Elaborate list of spseimsns ~ ii'n
brr, shrubs and Nines, With special
Mention of the Most fTo,ni-
nent same Suggestions

partmant Of the Worlds exposition.
We will commence with the specimens
ofTeXas timber, selected aud arranged
by DIR. j, =. Joor, of Houston, Texas'
TREEs.
Palm 1.-TWO speciesl, red cedar, noun
tain cedar, long leaf pine, short leaf
pine, lOblully pine, cottonwood, black
willow, smooth alder, black birch, true
Mhiteonk, Texas whiteoak, pOst0ak,
burrOak, Oyercup oak. liVeOak, willow
oak, water oak, black jack OAK, sand
jack oak, red oak, swamp oak Spanish
oak, scarlet Oak, chestnut OAK, pin OAK
shin oak, chlnquhpln, ironwuud, hop
hOrnheani, sycamore, black walnut,
rock walnut, pecan, shaghaTk hickory,
bitlernut hickory, pignut hickory,
mulberry, bOis dare, white elm,
red elm, slippery elm, cedar
elm, northern blackberry, south
southern blackberry, sassAiras, spice
catalpa, leather wood, chittim wood,
coma, chlpOta or Mexican persimmOn,
common peTsimmOu, snOw.drop tree,
evergreen holly, deciduOus holly,
yopon, madrono or mountain mOntgOm-
cry, faTckleborry, huckleberry, ground
sill tree, towering dogwood, small dog
wood, white bay, red bay, papaw, salt
china tree, Wild china, black liguum
vito, green liguum Vita, prickly ash,
hop tree, mountain sumac, smooth or
white sumac, black maple, swamp MA
pie, box elder, Spanish or Mexican
buckeye, southern buckthOrn, catsclaw,
weosalch, mesquite, butterfly tree,
broom, honey locust, water locust, hlArk
locust, Brazil wood, American ebony,
redbud, necklace tree, wild peach, wild
cherry wild plum, Chr rkasaw plum, rCd
haw, May haw, black haw, sweet
gum, black gum, tupelo gum,
5unco; anacahuita, jaooncillo, barreta,
anacua, colirna, chHparro, prioto, hua
lilo, grangeno, vara dulci, palo blanco,
fresno, alamo colorado, alamo blanc0,
ayume, chocolst di Indie, encino col
orado, encino prieto, cncino roble,
nogal prieto, negrito and pico pijarro.
SHRUBS AND VINES.
Mexican barberry, poison oak, supple
jack, summer grape, muscatino grape,
mountain grape, winter grape, mustang
grape, Virginia creeper, Mexican cot.
fee bush, wild gooseberry, wax myrtle,
Spanish mulberry, trumpet creeper,
button bush, elder, costilla, ocotillo and
sweet briar. Total, l3l trees and nine.
teen shrubs and vines.
OF the resinous trees on the above list
little need be said, for all know the
value OF our pines, cypress and cedar.
the growth Of young pines in several
parts of the state, notably In Harris
county This new growth only needs
protection and .judicious thinning to be
very valuable in few years.
The curled pine of east Texas is just
beginning TO attract attention, We
have some beautiful specimens on OK
hibitiOn, but IL is not as conspicuous as
its importan 20 demands.
The white oak Is tolerably abundant
in eastern Texas, Except near the gulf)
of immense size and fully equal in dem
sity, teughness and durability, to tho
best northern wood. From the sane
specimens of burr; Spanish, red and
water oaks. The live oak is mostly
found further west, while the post oak
is common all over central and eastern
Texas.
In view of the approaching scarcity
of pine, it is worth while to consider
whether sweet gum and
and plentiful in many parts of
our state, may not be made to answer
as good substitute for ceiling and
other purposes.
OF woods suitable for cabinet work we
have a great variety. Black walnut
still abounds in many localities. and is
of fine quality. Maple, wild cherry and
we'll as further north and east. Magno-
liza and sweet gum are abundant,
of large size, make beautiful fur
niture, and are easily worked. Live
oak and black jack are very handsome
when polished, and the former often
shows curled grain.
The chapote, black or Mexican per
simmon, grows from Galveston bay to
Ell Paso; is light-colored, close-grained
wood, soft when green, hard when dry,
and takes an exquisite polish.
American ebony, said to be found in
quantity of large size on the lower Rio
Grande, is very dark, heavy, compact
wood, and takes fine polish. Though
not equal to the imported article, it is a
mosg valuable wood. The same may be
said of the lignum vite and Brazil
wood, of which we have specimens from
several counties in southwestern Texas.
The cats claw, wild peach, chittim,
Texas leatherwood, coma and prickly
ash afford beautiful woods for small
panels, inlaying, turned work, etc., but
are always small.
For wagon-making, the outside world
offers nothing equal TO our bois d. arc.
The Mexican barberry affords fine
yellow dye Costilla and Brazil wood
are also useful as dyes,
Wehave some fine exhibits of wrought
woods. The most notable of these are
the exhibits from the Huntsville peni-
Tertiary, among which is large writ
ing table, in the manufacture of which
ITO kinds of wood were employed (all
Texan); the Beaumont table, made by
II. w. Sanders, containing 2,7S0 pieces
of seventeen different woods; the
the Rusk penitentiary and q
water bucket containing 2,l3C
pieces, and star, containing sixty
species of wood, manufactured by G. c.
Cruma
A report on Texas forestry would be
very incomplete without some refer
ence to our nut crop. Unfortunately
we have no figures on this subject. But
there can be no doubt Of one thing:
profitable as an equal amount OF ground
set with pecan or walnut trees, IN full
bearing. The orange alone surpasses
these in the market value of the pro-
duct, and that is subject to many dan
gers, cold, insects, etc. The pecan is
perfectly hardy, long-liyed, and IN
ereases in value each year that it lives.
of more rapid growth, begins to bear
sooner, and affords a wood, the market
value of which Is increasing year by
year. Once in bearing (Which will be in
from seven to ten years from the time
of planting) no further labor will be re-
qufred except gathering the nuts.
Wilfrid Touelouze sends from Uvaide
county piece Of grapevine towering
three immense live oak trees" he
made during the past season l7O gallons
OF wine from grapes OIL this vine.
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The Killing of Capt. Armstrong.
LONDON, Jan. 3l.--The inquest on the
body of Capt. Armstrong, of the British
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