IIOPACEAE 



work in the production of hop mildew-resistant strains. Some plants, 

 also, were set out on the Albuquerque Nursery for trial. In this 

 location where the ground contains considerable alkali the hop does 

 not seen happy. 



JUGI ATTDAC EAE 



Juglans major . Our native black walnut or I'Togal, is worthy 

 to be classed with our forest trees although it is frequently to be 

 found along canyons and washes below the general forest boundary. 

 The trees are frequently large, with spreading tops. The roots are 

 very effective in binding boulders and dirt in washes where floods - 

 are severe. The wood is of superior quality, the stumps especially, /.. 

 being sold on the markets at fancy prices* The trees are, however, 

 very slow growing ant", the nuts though of excellent flavor, have a 

 shell so hard and thick that they aro all but valueless. They are, 

 howevet , frequently gathered and usee by h'exicans and Indians. Ex- 

 tensive experiments have been conducted in grafting other species 

 onto tills tree. In the Huachuca Mountains , Mr. Bicderman, since 

 deceased, grafted forty or more different species and varieties onto 

 his native trees. Some of these grafts were very promising. 



* Ju gla ns rupestris, Little kalnut. In our range this species 

 is confined to western Texas and southern New kexico. It can hardly 

 be classed as a tree. It ferns much denser stands than J. majo r. 

 The bottoms of Diary of the rocky washes leading out of the Sacramento 

 Mountains to the oast and the Guadalupe s to the south, are effectively 

 hold by thickets of these large shrubs. The nuts arc very small but 

 are produced in abundance. 



I..011AJTTHACEAE 



Phor adendron sop. The Mistletoes are economic plants be- 

 cause of their extreme d.c struct ivoness . It takes more than 

 Christmas sentiment in the tree lover to work up an appreciation 

 for these posts. The cotton wood a in the Hie Grande Valley arc in 

 places solid nas:-;cs of mistletoe, for is this the only tree att- 

 acked. TTalnuts, Ashes, Soapberry trees, kesquites, Cat claws, 

 Junipers and Cypress are attacked and a vcrv close relotive, the 

 Arcouthobium, attacks pines. The ". lex i can white pine (p. strobif ormis ) , 

 would bo an important tree in the southwestern ranges if it were not 

 for this peat. 



SAUHUPACEAii 



Anemop sis califor nica , called "ferba ; Sanaa by the Mexicans, 

 is a low broad-leafed herb which is very abundant in wet alkali 

 bottoms in Sow Mexico, Arizcnr. t south m Utah, southern kevada 



