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  FLORA. 
  

  

  The 
  Lynn 
  has 
  also 
  become 
  scarce 
  in 
  many 
  situations 
  

   where 
  it 
  was 
  formerly 
  very 
  abundant. 
  In 
  early 
  times, 
  

   the 
  bark 
  was 
  very 
  useful 
  in 
  manufacturing 
  ropes 
  and 
  

   for 
  other 
  purposes, 
  and 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  causes 
  of 
  

   its 
  destruction. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  soft-grained 
  wood, 
  of 
  even 
  

   texture, 
  free 
  from 
  knots 
  and 
  other 
  imperfections, 
  and 
  

   not 
  liable 
  to 
  shrink 
  or 
  warp 
  when 
  seasoned, 
  and 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  very 
  suitable 
  for 
  ceilings 
  and 
  other 
  interior 
  parts 
  in 
  

   buildings. 
  

  

  Bees 
  are 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  flowers, 
  and 
  the 
  honey 
  

   made 
  from 
  them 
  is 
  reputed 
  to 
  possess 
  a 
  peculiarly 
  deli- 
  

   cate 
  flavor. 
  That 
  from 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  Chinquepin, 
  

   on 
  the 
  contrarj^j 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  poisonous. 
  

  

  The 
  Lynn 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  abundant 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  

   in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  County. 
  

  

  The 
  Cottonwood, 
  Pojndus 
  Dcltoides, 
  now 
  the 
  chief 
  re- 
  

   source 
  for 
  steamboat 
  fuel, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  Mississippi 
  — 
  the 
  

   ash 
  timber 
  having 
  become 
  nearly 
  exhausted 
  at 
  all 
  ac- 
  

   cessible 
  points 
  — 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  quick 
  growth, 
  and 
  the 
  

   rapidity 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  reproduced, 
  is 
  consequently 
  a 
  

   very 
  favorable 
  circumstance. 
  Every 
  new 
  deposit 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  inundations 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  is 
  speedily 
  covered 
  with 
  

   a 
  spontaneous 
  growth 
  of 
  young 
  Cottonwood, 
  standing 
  as 
  

   thickly 
  as 
  a 
  crop 
  of 
  small 
  grain. 
  This 
  arrests 
  the 
  sedi- 
  

   ment 
  subsequently 
  brought 
  by 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  new 
  

   islands 
  and 
  bars 
  are 
  formed, 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  growth, 
  by 
  

   a 
  natural 
  process, 
  becoming 
  sufficiently 
  thinned 
  out, 
  

   attains 
  a 
  considerable 
  size 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  years, 
  thus 
  re- 
  

   newing 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  fuel, 
  which 
  otherwise 
  would 
  

   speedily 
  become 
  exhausted. 
  

  

  The 
  Chestnut 
  is 
  only 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  and 
  most 
  

   abundantly 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  counties. 
  The 
  tree 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  become 
  diseased 
  in 
  latter 
  years, 
  and 
  is 
  rapidly 
  

   dying 
  out. 
  

  

  