FORESTRY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 39 
DEMONSTRATED USEFUL AND VALUABLE VARIETIES. 
It has been practically demonstrated that the following valuable varie- 
ties of forest timber can be successfully and satisfactorily grown—both 
planted and of spontaneous growth. Only the most valuable are named 
in this list. Those designated with a * are indigenous. 
Ash: 
Fraximus Americana.* 
viridis.* 
quadrangulata.* 
pubescens.* 
platycarpa.* 
sambucifolia.* 
Oak: ° 
Quercus alba.* 
obtusiloba.* 
macrocarpu.* 
prinus.* 
tinctoria.* 
rubra.* 
nigra.* 
Chinquapin oak—prinoides—of shrub character, grows in abundance, 
particularly on the bluff lands adjacent to the Missouri River, and in 
places in profusion on prairie lands, many acres in a body. It is a pro- 
’ fuse bearer; nuts equal almost to chestnuts. In early days it was con- 
sidered a ‘‘ Munchausen” story when old settlers talked of hogs eating 
acorns from trees. The small growth, often not over a foot high, was 
loaded with nuts, and therefore easily eaten off by swine. Deer and an- 
telope fatted on them. 
Black walnut: 
Juglans nigra.* 
White walnut: 
Juglans cinerea. 
Hickory : 
Carya alba.* 
sulcuta.* 
tomentosa.* is 
porcina.* 
amara.* 
Elm: 
Ulmus Americana.* 
Julva.* 
racemosa.* 
alata.* 
Hackberry: 
Celtis occidentalis.* 
