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stock for other Plums, but "jugs "the Peach off when budded, or grafted 

 above ground. It grows finely on Peach. 



Quercus Emcn'yii. A beautiful shrubby evergreen Oak, on the Pecos and 

 Limpio rivers. 



Qite7'CHS ni'mtiaJa {Mx.). Hills of western Texas. Probably only a dwarf- 

 ish, high ground variety of the Swamp Chestnut Oak, Q. prinus. 



Quercus Texana (Buckley). About Austin, on hilly land. Large and val- 

 uable ; wood close grained. 



Quercus virens, Live Oak. Though by no means peculiar to Texas, I men- 

 tion it on account of there being the finest forests of this species known, on 

 the lower Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe, San Antonio and Nueces rivers. 

 Ship building will find a rich field here for many years. 



Sophora sericea, in low moist places on the Eio Grande. 



Sophora speciosa, on Mount Bonnell, near Austin, near Matagorda Bay, 

 among the hills and along the valleys of Western Texas, to the Pecos river, 

 fifteen to thirty feet. A beautiful evergreen. Flowers blue, in pendulous 

 racemes, fragrant, pretty. Has been introduced into cultivation. 



Sijphyra ti/mentosa," Beaded Locust." May prove identical with 5". offinis. 

 Extends from Central Texas northward across Red River through Southeast 

 Indian Territory into Arkansas. Has beaded or necklace-like black pods, 

 which hang on all the year till flowers come the next season. Has much the 

 habit of S. speciosa, but not so large, and has deciduous leaves. Bark on 

 small trees and on branches, smooth, of a dark green color. The abundant, 

 pendulous spikes of pink flowers are sweet and pretty. Sometimes called 

 Pink Locust. 



Ulmus cmssifulia, Cedar-Elm. Texas Elm. Extends from San Antonio in 

 Southern, and Pecos river. Western Texas, northeastwardly across Red 

 River to the Arkansas River and into Southwestern Arkansas. Beginning 

 futher to the southwest, it otherwise occupies about the same region with 

 the Osage Orange, and seems to like about the same kinds of soil. I think 

 it will also thrive wherever the Osage will grow. It is remarkably conspicu- 

 ous in its small, dark green, compact foliage, and in blooming and maturing 

 seed in the fall. The wood is white to heart, and splits almost as freely as 

 Cedar, though the body may be knotty. Wood is a fine fuel, but not durable. 

 Owing to the closeness of growth of head, it would be a fine wind-break, if 

 planted in rows around a place. It is of slower growth than either the 

 American or Slippery Elm. 



DISCUSSION ON MR. MUNSON's PAPER. 



President Earle — I wi.sh to call attention to the pecan tree as one 

 of much value in the South. Those who have read the excellent 

 paper of Dr. Mohr's, read before this Society last winter at New 

 Oileans, will remember that he speaks of the ciiItMrc of this tree in 

 the South as a source of profit. Tlu^ finer varieties, such as Mr. 



