The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-31


dependence We come now to speak
If the several exhibits in the Texas de-
,artment of the Worlds exposition.
We will commence with the specimens
,fTeXas timber, selected and arranged
by DR.. j. f. Joor. of Houston, Texas:
TREES.
Palm 1.-TWO specles), red cedar, noun e
tain cedar, long leaf pine, short leaf
pine, loblolly pine, cottonwood, black
willow, smooth alder, black birch, true
whiteoak, Texas whiteoak, postoak,
burroak, overcup 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, chinquapin, ironwood, hop
hornbeam, sycamore, black walnut,
rock walnut, pecan, shagbark hickory,
bitternut hickory, plgnut hickory,
mulberry, bois dare, white elm,
red elm,, slippery elm, cedar
ELM, northern blackberry, south
southern blackberry, sassalras, spice
wood, white ash, red ash, green ash,
catalpa, leather wood, chittim wood,
coma, chapota or Mexican persimmon,
common persimmon, snow-drop tree,
evergreen holly, deciduous holly, |
yopon, madrono or mountain montgom-
cry, farckleberry, huckleberry, ground
sill tree, Towering dogwood, small dog
wood, white bay, red bay, papaw, salt
cedar or tamarlck, lin or Eastwood,
china tree, wild china, black liguum
vitae, green lignum vitae, prickly ash,
hop tree, mountain sumac, smooth or
white sumac, black maple, swamp ma
pie, box elder, Spanish or Mexican
buckeye, southern buckthorn, catsclaw,
weesatch, mesquite, butterfly tree,
broom, honey locust, water locust, black
locust, Brazil wood, American ebony,
redbud, necklace tree, wild peach, wild
cherry wild plum, Chlckasaw plum, red
haw, May haw, black haw, sweet
gum, black gum, tupelo gum,
junco, anacahuita, jaboncillo, barreta,
anacua, colirna, chaparro, prieto, hua
jillo, grangeno, vara dulci, palo blanco,
fresno, alamo colorado, alamo blanco,
ayume, chocolat di Indie, encino col
orado, encino prieto, encino roble,
nogal prieto, negrito and pico pljarro.
SHRUBS AND VINES.
Mexican barberry, poison oak, supple
jack, summer grape, muscatine 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 ano
sweet briar. Total, l3l trees and nine
teen shrubs and vines.
, OF the resinous trees on the above list
U little need be said, for all know the
value OF our pines, cypress and cedar
. Attention, however, should be called Il
. the growth Of young pines in severa
parts OF the state, notably in Harri:
9 county. This new growth only needs
. protection and judicious thinning to b
U very valuable in q few years.
The curled pine of east Texas is jus
beginning TO attract attention, w
1t have some beautiful specimens on OK
y hibition, but IL is not as conspicuous q
x its importance demands.
IN The white oak Is tolerably ahundar
y in eastern Texas, Except near the gull
rs of immense size and fully equal in der
n sity, toughness and durability, to tn
OF best northern wood. From the sam
n. part of the state, we have magnifcer
specimens Of burr; Spanish, red an
r water oaks. The live oak is mostl
d. found further west, while the post oa
NJ is common all over central and easter
ro Texas.
W. In view of the approaching scarcit
Vs. of pine, it is worth while TO considC
v. whether sweet gum an
b, cottonwood, both so larp
VS. and plentiful In many parts
adj our state, may not be made to answ,
M as good substitute for ceiling al
IL. other purposes.
OF woods suitable for cabinet work v
do heye a great variety. Black walnl
u uS still abounds in many localities, and
s Gu of fine quality. Maple, wild cherry al
iIea holly are found in Cherokee county,
W., I'a we'll as further north and east. Magn
~ liza and sweet gum are abundar
~ of large size, make beautiful fl
,ao niture, and are easily worked. Lii
ny, nc oak and black jack are very handsor
IA when polished, and the former oft
w w shows curled grain.
VII The chapote, black or Mexican p
simmon, grows from Galveston bay
or Ell Paso; is light-colored, close-grain
Xe- wood, soft when green, hard when di
tpe and takes an exquisite polish.
in American ebony, said to be found
ace quantity of large size on the lower /
OF Grande, is q very dark, heavy, compi
'ed wood, and takes fine polish. Thou
my not equal to the imported article, 1t /
sh' most valuable wood. The same may
ing said of the lignum vita and Bra
wood, of which we have specimens FRI
be- several counties in southwestern Tex
on The cats claw, wild peach, chitti
the Texas leatherwood, coma and pricl
less ash afford beautiful woods for SIN
us panels, inlaying, turned work, etc,
600, are always small.
nds For wagon-making, the outside wo
unit oilers nothing equal TO our bois d. ar,
the The Mexican barberry affords
an yellow dye. Costilla and Brazil W.
o. are also useful as dyes,
ehave some fine exhibits of wrou
, 10 woods. The most notable of these
row. the exhibits from the Huntsville pC
,ars Tertiary, among which Is a large W
the ing table, in the manufacture of VIII
the ITO kinds of wood were employed
NOR Texan); the Beaumont table, made
of. II. w. Sanders, containing 2,7S0 pie
et n of seventeen different woods
rms octagon cabinet. constructed
VIII water bucket containing
MID pieces, and star, containing 81
hat species of wood, manufactured by
yaS Crum.
VA A report or Texas forestry would
-, very incomplete without some re
COZ ence to our nut crop. Unfortunat
I'll a we have no figures on this subject.
anne there can be no doubt of one thi
TWO no field crop can be grown that Is
Vne profitable as an equal amount of gro
w set with pecan or walnut trees, In
1ng- bearing. The orange alone surpa
-s.-' tuese III tno lndrkeG value Oh inc
con duct, and that is subject to many {
tne gers, cold, insects, etc. The peca
con- perfectly hardy, long-liyed, and
iaVe creases In value each year that IL Ii
tate. The walnut is not quite so hardy, bl
most of moro rapid growth, begins to
tion: sooner, and affords q wood, the mar
Oh value Of which Is increasing year
ngly year. Once In bearing (Which will b
rep from seven to ten years from the I
'hey of planting) no further labor will be
quired except gathering the nuts.
IT its Wilfrid Touelouze sends from Wv
but county piece of a grapevine "cove
mon three immense live oak trees"
roa- made during the past season 10 gal
ssed OF wine from grapes of this vine.
Ives
ajor- Texas q st. Louis Railway.
hese The Texas & st. Louis Railway {
,ear. pany will, within the next few
aa.a oman nm n paecauuar md fra;,rht =,