﻿Harper: 
  A 
  week 
  ix 
  eastern 
  texas 
  

  

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  Considering 
  physical 
  features 
  first, 
  Texas 
  evidently 
  has 
  more 
  

   black 
  soil 
  and 
  less 
  sand 
  and 
  red 
  soil, 
  less 
  potable 
  water, 
  water- 
  

   power 
  and 
  navigation, 
  and 
  few^er 
  gullies, 
  steep 
  hills, 
  rich 
  woods, 
  

   ravines, 
  caves, 
  springs, 
  clear 
  streams, 
  non-alluvial 
  sw^amps, 
  and 
  

   bogs 
  than 
  the 
  more 
  easterly 
  states. 
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  Botanically 
  eastern 
  Texas, 
  comparatively 
  speaking, 
  seems 
  to 
  

   be 
  poorly 
  provided 
  w^ith 
  shade-loving 
  spring 
  flowers, 
  Sphagnum, 
  

   ferns, 
  Juniperus, 
  Taxodium, 
  orchids, 
  Arundinaria, 
  Cyperaceae, 
  

   Fopidus, 
  Betula, 
  Alniis, 
  FaguSy 
  Querciis 
  alba, 
  Magnolia 
  glauca, 
  

   Liriodendron, 
  Platanus, 
  Acer 
  rtibruniy 
  A. 
  saccharimim, 
  Sassafras^ 
  

   ComuSj 
  Nyssa, 
  Ericaceae 
  and 
  Samhticus, 
  to 
  mention 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  

   more 
  obvious 
  cases. 
  If 
  we 
  had 
  more 
  complete 
  information 
  about 
  

   the 
  composition 
  of 
  Texas 
  soils 
  we 
  could 
  probably 
  explain 
  some 
  of 
  

   these 
  things 
  better 
  than 
  we 
  can 
  now. 
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