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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  upland 
  rice. 
  The 
  yellow 
  or 
  golden 
  rice 
  is 
  best 
  adapted 
  

   both 
  to 
  wet 
  and 
  dry 
  culture. 
  It 
  produces 
  from 
  fifty 
  to 
  one 
  hundred 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  rough 
  rice 
  to 
  the 
  acre 
  ; 
  prospers 
  best 
  on 
  a 
  level, 
  sandy 
  soil, 
  inclined 
  to 
  

   moisture. 
  

  

  Bois 
  d'Arc. 
  — 
  I 
  would 
  call 
  attention 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  Bois 
  d'arc, 
  or 
  Osage 
  orange 
  

   {Madura 
  auraniiaca) 
  . 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  in 
  its 
  native 
  state, 
  in 
  the 
  swamps 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bois 
  d'arc 
  fork 
  of 
  Trinity 
  River, 
  Texas, 
  where 
  it 
  grows 
  to 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  sixty 
  

   or 
  seventy 
  feet, 
  with 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  trees 
  ; 
  the 
  wood 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  durable 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  

   is 
  remarkably 
  strong, 
  elastic, 
  and 
  tough 
  ; 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  yellow 
  color, 
  close 
  grain, 
  

   receiving 
  the 
  finest 
  polish, 
  making 
  it 
  valuable 
  for 
  furniture, 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  Texas 
  

   for 
  wagon 
  wheels, 
  as 
  not 
  liable 
  to 
  shrink. 
  For 
  ship-building, 
  it 
  is 
  esteemed 
  pref- 
  

   erable 
  to 
  live 
  oak 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  is 
  preferred 
  for 
  bows 
  to 
  all 
  other 
  woods. 
  

   It 
  also 
  yields 
  a 
  yellow 
  dye. 
  For 
  an 
  ornamental 
  tree, 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  graceful, 
  

   with 
  its 
  dark 
  green 
  foliage, 
  hard 
  smooth 
  bark, 
  drooping 
  branches, 
  and 
  large 
  

   orange-colored 
  fruit. 
  

  

  It 
  forms 
  a 
  good 
  belt 
  or 
  hedge 
  row 
  for 
  sheltering 
  gardens, 
  vineyards, 
  or 
  

   orchards, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  rapid 
  growth, 
  and 
  has 
  formidable 
  thorns 
  for 
  hedges. 
  A 
  plan- 
  

   tation 
  of 
  Osage 
  orange, 
  set 
  out 
  now, 
  would 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  afford 
  most 
  valuable 
  

   timber, 
  that 
  would 
  pay 
  well 
  ; 
  and 
  sprouts 
  grow 
  rapidly 
  from 
  the 
  stumps, 
  soon 
  re- 
  

   newing 
  the 
  timber 
  cut. 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  some 
  Tertiary 
  Fossils 
  from 
  the 
  California 
  Coast, 
  

   with 
  a 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Species 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  Well 
  at 
  San 
  

   Diego, 
  California, 
  with 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  two 
  New 
  Species.* 
  

  

  BY 
  W. 
  H. 
  DALL, 
  U. 
  S. 
  COAST 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  comprises 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Hemphill 
  to 
  the 
  Academy, 
  which 
  were 
  collected 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  ihQ 
  (Ubriihvonght 
  

   up 
  in 
  sinking 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  San 
  Diego. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  140 
  to 
  

   160 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  They 
  are 
  generally 
  in 
  very 
  good 
  preservation, 
  the 
  

   matrix 
  being 
  a 
  fine 
  sand, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  hardly 
  consolidated 
  at 
  all, 
  and 
  in 
  others 
  

   quite 
  hard 
  from 
  infiltration 
  of 
  lime 
  and 
  other 
  minerals. 
  

  

  The 
  important 
  bearing 
  which 
  the 
  careful 
  determination 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  tertiary 
  

   fossils 
  has 
  on 
  questions 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  and 
  past 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   moUusca, 
  I 
  need 
  hardly 
  impress 
  on 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  GloUidia 
  albida, 
  Dall 
  ex 
  Hinds. 
  

  

  2. 
  Xylotrya, 
  sp. 
  indet. 
  Tube 
  only. 
  

  

  3. 
  Cryplomya 
  Californica^ 
  Conr. 
  

  

  4. 
  Solen 
  rosaccus, 
  Cpr. 
  

  

  5. 
  Solecurtus 
  Californlanus, 
  Conr. 
  

  

  6. 
  Macoma 
  (var. 
  ?) 
  expansa, 
  Cpr. 
  

  

  7. 
  Callista, 
  sp. 
  indet. 
  Smooth, 
  inflated, 
  thin 
  ; 
  much 
  like 
  CalUsta 
  Newcomhiana, 
  

  

  erroneously 
  described 
  as 
  Lioconeha 
  by 
  Gabb. 
  

  

  * 
  Printed 
  in 
  advance, 
  March 
  26th, 
  1874. 
  

  

  