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  Harper: 
  A 
  week 
  in 
  eastern 
  Texas 
  

  

  309 
  

  

  Small 
  trees 
  

  

  Salix 
  nigra? 
  

   Ostrya 
  virginimta 
  

   Planera 
  aquatica 
  

  

  Hex 
  opaca 
  

  

  Cornus 
  florida 
  

  

  Magnolia 
  glauca 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  and 
  vines 
  

  

  Ilex 
  vomitoria 
  

   Sabal 
  glabra 
  

  

  Callicarpa 
  americana 
  

   Rhus 
  copalUna 
  

  

  Myrica 
  cerifera 
  

  

  (Daiihentonia 
  longifolia) 
  

  

  Vitis 
  rotundifolia 
  

  

  Herbs 
  

  

  ' 
  {Helenium 
  te 
  nut 
  folium) 
  

   {Croton 
  capHatiis) 
  

  

  Tillandsia 
  usneoides 
  

  

  Eiipatoriuin 
  corn 
  posili 
  folium? 
  

   {Euphorbia 
  marginata) 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  region 
  has 
  more^ 
  species 
  of 
  timber 
  

   trees 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  reasonably 
  homogeneous 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   size 
  in 
  Texas.* 
  Nearly 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  equally 
  common 
  as 
  far 
  

   east 
  as 
  Georgia— 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  extend 
  even 
  to 
  Maryland 
  

   but 
  Magnolia 
  grandiflora 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  abundant 
  

   here 
  than 
  it 
  Is 
  anywhere 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River. 
  The 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  Ilex 
  vomitoria 
  is 
  rather 
  surprising, 
  for 
  east 
  of 
  New, 
  

   Orleans 
  its 
  favorite 
  habitat 
  is 
  sandy 
  hammocks 
  within 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  

   salt 
  water. 
  The 
  proportion 
  of 
  evergreens 
  is 
  pretty 
  high, 
  for 
  Texas, 
  

   presumably 
  indicating 
  soils 
  below 
  the 
  average 
  in 
  fertility, 
  though 
  

   not 
  the 
  poorest 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  L 
  

  

  The 
  coast 
  prairie.— 
  On 
  the 
  south, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  Texas 
  & 
  New 
  Orleans 
  R. 
  R. 
  (Southern 
  Pacific) 
  from 
  Orange 
  

   to 
  Houston, 
  the 
  hammock 
  belt 
  passes 
  gradually 
  into 
  the 
  coast 
  

   prairie, 
  an 
  extensive 
  and 
  interesting 
  region 
  which 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  

   adequately 
  described 
  botanically. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  outlying 
  

   bodies 
  of 
  pine 
  in 
  the 
  prairies, 
  and 
  some 
  isolated 
  prairies 
  within 
  

   the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  timber 
  belt; 
  and 
  the 
  opinion 
  has 
  been 
  expressed 
  

   by 
  competent 
  observers 
  that 
  ' 
  the 
  forest 
  is 
  encroaching 
  on 
  the 
  

   prairie, 
  rather 
  rapidly 
  for 
  a 
  successional 
  change. 
  The 
  prairie 
  region 
  

  

  t 
  in 
  Waller 
  County, 
  lOO 
  

  

  -a 
  

  

  ♦Hmman, 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  cited 
  on 
  a 
  preceding 
  page, 
  enumerates 
  43 
  native 
  specieg 
  

  

  of 
  trees 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Huntsville. 
  ir 
  t 
  .^ 
  

  

  t 
  Very 
  likely 
  this 
  name 
  was 
  derived 
  indirectly 
  from 
  Hampstead 
  Heath 
  in 
  Eng^^d, 
  

  

  east 
  

  

  Arkansas 
  

  

  prairie 
  similar 
  geologically 
  to 
  that 
  in 
  Texas. 
  

  

  