] ' FORESTRY. 545 
for the year 1877 and for the months of January and February is also given below. 
All, or nearly all, of this information has been obtained from Assistant Surgeon T. E. 
Wilcox, United States Army, in charge of post hospital: 
List of trees, shrubs, and undershrubs at and near Camp Supply, Indian Territory. 
Meia.— WM. Azederach—Pride of India. 
Ruvs.—R. glabra; R. radicans; R. toxicodendron; R. aromatica. 
GyYMNOcLADUS—Coffee Tree.—G. Canadensis. 
Rosrnta—Locust.—f. pseud-acacia. 
Mimosa—Mimosa.—W. fragrans. 
Acactia—Mesquite.— Mesquite. 
Prunus—Plum.—P. Americana; P. chicasa. 
Ripes—Currant.—R. aureum. 
Cornus—Dogwood.—C. sericea; C. paniculata. 
CEPHALANTHUS—Button Bush.—C. occidentalis. 
SyMPHORICARPUS—Coral Berry.—S. vulgare. 
Utmus—Elm.— U. racemosa. 
Crettis—Hackberry.—C. occidentalis. 
JUGLANS—Walnut.—J. nigra. 
QuERCUS—Oak.—Q. Emoryi; Q. nigra. 
SaLtix—Willow.—S. humilis; S. candida. 
PoruLus—Cottonwood.—P. angulata. 
JUNIPERUS—Cedar.—J. Virginiana. 
Rainfall for ine year 1877 at Camp Supply, Indian Territory. 
Inches Inches. 
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NEW MEXICO. 
FORT SELDEN. 
Lieutenant T. F. DAyis, Fifteenth Infantry, reports : 
In New Mexico the extent of forest area is comparatively small; timber for all pur- 
poses, excepting, perhaps, for shade, being obtained from the mountains. I am un- 
able to state the approximate area for the whole or any part of the Territory. 
In this vicinity the nearest timber lands of which I have any knowledge are situ- 
ated in the San Mateo, Miembres, Mogollon, and Burro Mountains, west of the Rio 
Grande, and the Sacramento Mountains, on the east. Good timber is also plentiful 
on all the other ranges, though not in this vicinity. 
On the foot-hills bordering the plains nothing grows beyond small bushes, and the 
same is true of the mesas and plains. In the lowlands, on the Rio Grande and nv- 
merous small streams called ‘‘rios,” the cottonwood grows densely, and is the princi- 
pal timber, but is scarcely reckoned as fit for any purpose but firewood and shade. 
In the ranges above mentioned as timber-lands, the leading variety found is pine, 
which equals in growth that of the States. In some parts cedar and piiion are found ; 
the former very much stunted. The same may be said of the oak, of which there is 
but little, and that confined to northern localities. The varieties are few; pine, 
pifion, and cedar being the leading ones, and the only ones I have noticed. 
There are no timber-lands bordering on plains here; the extent is very small, being 
confined to the mountains, and the condition and growth of all varieties of timber 
are poor, excepting for pine and piiion, which is no doubt due to the great want of 
water in this country. The plains and foot-hills being hard, dry, stony ground, 
would scarcely admit of anything growing on them, even with water, and many 
mountains often appear masses of solid rock, devoid of timber, and show no indica- 
tions of ever having been covered with forests. It is only in places particularly 
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