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  Harper: 
  A 
  week 
  in 
  eastern 
  Texas 
  

  

  /^ 
  

  

  this 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  the 
  most 
  salubrious 
  region 
  in 
  the 
  state, 
  particu- 
  

  

  larly 
  along 
  the 
  Trinity 
  River, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  alluvial 
  belt 
  a 
  few 
  

  

  ^ 
  miles 
  wide 
  so 
  fertile 
  that 
  few 
  pines 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  (The 
  Trinity 
  

  

  drains 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  prairie 
  previously 
  de- 
  

  

  carry 
  

  

  posited 
  farther 
  along 
  its 
  course.) 
  The 
  average 
  value 
  of 
  farm 
  

   buildings 
  is 
  lower 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  regions 
  here 
  discussed, 
  

  

  $325 
  for 
  whites 
  and 
  $ 
  

  

  My 
  

  

  than 
  for 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  regions 
  that 
  I 
  saw 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  train. 
  

   I 
  was 
  in 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  Sabine 
  River 
  to 
  Beaumont 
  and 
  about 
  ten 
  

   miles 
  northwest 
  thereof, 
  and 
  then 
  from 
  about 
  twelve 
  miles 
  west 
  

   of 
  Kountze 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  in 
  Montgomery 
  County 
  undetermined 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  darkness, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  later 
  from 
  about 
  Humble 
  to 
  

   Livingston; 
  giving 
  about 
  125 
  miles 
  of 
  car-window 
  notes 
  in 
  all. 
  

   (On 
  the 
  22nd 
  I 
  must 
  have 
  passed 
  out 
  of 
  it 
  soon 
  after 
  nightfall, 
  

   probably 
  about 
  Conroe, 
  for 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  by 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  the 
  full 
  

   moon 
  that 
  the 
  country 
  west 
  of 
  that 
  point 
  was 
  more 
  open 
  than 
  

   that 
  to 
  the 
  eastward. 
  Notes 
  taken 
  north 
  of 
  Livingston 
  on 
  the 
  

   27th 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  counted 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  list, 
  for 
  beyond 
  that 
  , 
  

   point 
  I 
  was 
  too 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  to 
  see 
  a 
  typical 
  

   section 
  of 
  it.) 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  of 
  plants 
  is 
  as. 
  follows; 
  and 
  in 
  reading 
  it 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  well 
  

   to 
  bear 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  tree 
  listed 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  several 
  times 
  

   as 
  abundant 
  as 
  its 
  nearest 
  competitor, 
  though 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  constitute 
  

   as 
  much 
  as 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  forest. 
  

  

  Large 
  trees 
  

  

  Pinus 
  Taeda 
  

  

  Liquidamhar 
  Styraciflua 
  

  

  Pinus 
  echinata 
  

  

  Nyssa 
  hljloraf* 
  

  

  Magnolia 
  grandiilora 
  

   Quercus 
  Phellos 
  

   Quercus 
  falcata 
  

   Quercus 
  alba 
  

  

  Quercus 
  Mickauxii 
  

   Quercus 
  nigra 
  

   Pinus 
  palustris 
  

  

  Quercus 
  siellaia 
  

   Hicoria 
  alba 
  

   Quercus 
  laurifolia 
  

  

  Hicoria 
  Pecan? 
  

   Querctis 
  hybrida? 
  

   Taxodium 
  disHchum 
  

   Platanus 
  occidentalis 
  

   Nyssa 
  iini 
  flora 
  

   Ulmtis 
  alata 
  

   Quercus 
  pagodaefolia? 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  Florida 
  Nyssa 
  hiAora 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  perfectly 
  distinct 
  species, 
  but 
  near 
  its 
  

   northern 
  and 
  western 
  limits 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  hard 
  to 
  distinguish 
  from 
  N. 
  sylvatica. 
  

  

  