64 3Jisf<issippi Valley Horticultural Society. 



Mijrtle — Umbellularia (Orecdaphne) Ccdifornica. 



Lumber used much in cabinet work. Grows to a height of one hundretl 

 feet, and a diameter three and four feet. 



A variety of Cottonwood grows abundant along the banlcs of tlie Cokuiabia 

 and W'illiamette rivers. Botanical name not learned. It grows to good size, 

 is worked up at the mills and considered of value for many uses, notwith- 

 standing so many really more valuable varieties of timber are found in 

 greater abundance. 



Several valuable varieties of willows are found in all parts of the territory 

 embraced in this paper ; some of sufficient size to be of value. 



Also, mountain mahogony, wild cherry, manzinita, chittim wood, choke 

 cherry, quaking ash, dogwood, mountain at-h, black iiaw and serviceberry, 

 were also observed. 



Redivoods. 



Redivxd— Sequoia sempervirens. While peculiar to the Pacific Slope, in fact 

 almost exclusively so to California, its characteristics are too well known to 

 call for any extended notice. 



Redwood is the prevailing timber of commerce of California and South- 

 western Oregon, and is of great value. The important consideration is its 

 present supply, rate of consumption, and probabilities of reproduction. It 

 has existed in the mountain valleys and canyons of the coast and Sierra 

 Madre ranges, in immense quantities. There is yet a large supply, but being 

 rapidly consumed, and with little regard for econumy or saving, where ob- 

 tained and cut. 



Its value as a lumber for working is scarcely to be excelled. Its tirst and 

 most renaarkable quality is due to its astonishing straight grain. Its fibers- 

 seem to run parallel with each other. Boards can be rived, or split, almost 

 as evenly as sawed — scarce need planing. "Shakes," as they are called, are 

 gotten in this shape, twenty feet long, an inch thick, and twelve inches wide, 

 as regular, almost, as boards. The wood is soft and easily worked. It is a 

 beautiful, rich, dark red, and when well finished and varnished, makes an 

 elegant appearance. 



There can be had no exact data as to acres of tiinl)cr of any kiml or varie- 

 ties used. The trade is conducted under the general term " Lumber." with 

 but little if any further distinction. After personal visits to lumber yards 

 and conference with dealers, it is safe to record a very large preponderance 

 of Redwood lumber made and used in California. In round numbers, inclu- 

 ding lumber, railroad ties, posts, shingles, lath and shakes, it is estimated there 

 was consumed and handled in San Francisco, during the year 18'^2, 2,5(»0,00O,- 

 (XX) feet. This supply was not all obtained in California; i)ortions came from 

 Oregon and Wiishington. At Los -Vngeles tiiere had been shipped to that 

 point from January, 1883, to June of the same year, 85,000,000 feet. Source 

 from which obtained, about the proportions as at San Francisco. 



Parties who prepared and reported, for California, statistics for the census 



