CONTENTS 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OE THE BOTANICAL CHARACTER OE THE 
COUNTRY. 
BY J. M. BIGELOW, M. D. 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS ALONG THE ROUTE 
TRAVERSED. 
Section 1. Napoleon, on tlie Mississippi, to Fort Smith, 
Arkansas. 
Section 2. 
Section 3. 
Section 4. 
Section 5. 
Fort Smith and Valley River. 
Llano Estacado. 
Tucumcari and Pecos Valleys. 
Rio Grande Valley. 
Section C. 
Section 7. 
Section 8. 
Section 9. 
Section 10. 
Section 11. 
Valley of Zufii. 
San Francisco Valley. 
Santa Maria Valley. 
Valley of the Colorado. 
Mojave Valley. 
Los Angeles Valley. 
DESCRIPTION OE EOREST TREES. 
BY J. M. BIGELOW, M. D. 
FOREST TREES ALONG THE ROUTE TRAVERSED. 
Pinus (Abies) Douglasii—Douglas Spruce. 
Pinus (Abies) Balsamea—Balsam Fir. 
Pinus Brachyptera—Yellow Pine. 
Pinus Edulis—Pifion 
Pinus Flexilus—Rocky Mountain White Pine. 
Juniperus Virginiana—Red Cedar. 
Algarobia Glandulosa—Mezquit. 
Pop ulus Monilifera—Cotton Wood. 
Quercus. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF VALUABLE OR REMARKABLE CALIFORNIA FOREST TREES. 
Pinus Lambertiana—Sugar Pine. 
Wellingtonia Gigantea. 
Sequoia Sempervirens—Red Wood. 
Libocedrus Dceurrens—White Cedar. 
| Taxus Canadensis—Yew. 
Pinus Sabiniana—Sabines Pine. 
| Pinus Insignis—Seal Pine. 
Pinus—An undetermined species. 
