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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  genus 
  Squilla, 
  from 
  Shanghai, 
  Chma. 
  Dr. 
  Behr 
  presented 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  of 
  Parasite 
  from 
  the 
  Cahfornia 
  orange 
  trees, 
  different 
  from 
  any 
  

   previously 
  described. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  exchanges 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  were 
  received. 
  

  

  J. 
  P. 
  Dameron 
  re-ad 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  " 
  Coal." 
  

  

  Some 
  months 
  since, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  D. 
  Gibbes 
  called 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  

   Californians, 
  through 
  the 
  Academy, 
  to 
  the 
  Bois 
  d'Arc 
  or 
  Osage 
  

   orange, 
  Q3Iaclura 
  aurantiaca) 
  both 
  for 
  hedges 
  and 
  for 
  timber. 
  

   The 
  wood 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  durable 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  is 
  remark- 
  

   ably 
  strong, 
  elastic, 
  and 
  tough. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  yellow 
  color, 
  

   close 
  grained, 
  and 
  receives 
  a 
  free 
  polish, 
  making 
  it 
  valuable 
  for 
  

   furniture. 
  In 
  Texas 
  it 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  wagon 
  wheels, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  liable 
  

   to 
  shrink. 
  For 
  ship-building, 
  this 
  wood 
  is 
  preferable 
  to 
  live 
  oak, 
  

   and 
  by 
  Indians 
  is 
  preferred 
  for 
  bows 
  to 
  all 
  other 
  wood. 
  It 
  also 
  

   yields 
  a 
  yellow 
  dye. 
  For 
  an 
  ornamental 
  tree, 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   graceful, 
  with 
  its 
  dark-green 
  foliage 
  and 
  hard, 
  smooth 
  bark, 
  droop- 
  

   ing 
  branches, 
  and 
  large, 
  orange-colored 
  fruit. 
  It 
  forms 
  a 
  good 
  

   belt 
  of 
  hedge-row 
  for 
  sheltering 
  gardens, 
  vineyards, 
  or 
  orchards, 
  

   being 
  of 
  a 
  rapid 
  growth 
  and 
  bearing 
  formidable 
  thorns 
  for 
  hedges. 
  

   A 
  plantation 
  of 
  Osage 
  orange, 
  set 
  out 
  now, 
  would 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  

   afford 
  a 
  most 
  valuable 
  timber 
  that 
  would 
  pay 
  well, 
  as 
  it 
  sprouts 
  

   rapidly 
  from 
  the 
  stump 
  and 
  soon 
  renews 
  the 
  timber 
  cut. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Gibbes 
  exhibited 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  wood, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  

   the 
  Academy 
  by 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  K. 
  Reid, 
  of 
  Stockton. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  

   ■had 
  been 
  polished, 
  showing 
  a 
  beautiful 
  grain. 
  Some 
  cloth 
  dyed 
  

   with 
  the 
  dye 
  from 
  this 
  wood 
  was 
  also 
  shown. 
  The 
  dye 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   bright 
  yellow 
  color. 
  Mr. 
  Gibbes 
  again 
  called 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  our 
  

   land-owners 
  to 
  the 
  importance 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  cultivating 
  plantations 
  

   of 
  this 
  tree 
  for 
  timber. 
  In 
  swampy 
  soil 
  it 
  grows 
  very 
  rapidly, 
  and 
  

   in 
  our 
  swamp 
  land, 
  firm 
  enough 
  to 
  produce 
  sycamore 
  and 
  willow, 
  it 
  

   would 
  do 
  well. 
  It 
  requires 
  a 
  good, 
  moist 
  soil, 
  but 
  not 
  too 
  wet. 
  

   This 
  tree 
  could 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  great 
  advantage 
  in 
  strengthening 
  levees 
  

   on 
  the 
  tule 
  land, 
  where 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  only 
  be 
  valuable 
  for 
  timber, 
  

   fuel, 
  and 
  shade, 
  but 
  also 
  for 
  forming 
  a 
  substantial 
  protection 
  to 
  the 
  

   levees, 
  strengthening 
  them 
  and 
  assisting 
  to 
  hold 
  them 
  in 
  position. 
  

  

  