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Show • 34 EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. Quercus faJcata,. Spanish O;)k, J uglans squ~tOIOSa, Shell-bark hickory, J uglans Jac iniosa, Blark hickory, J uglans nigra, Black walnut., scarce, Acer rubrum, Red maple, Acer uigrum, B!ack sug:u maple, rare, Acer nc(rundo, Box elJe.r, on the stream3', Cupre~sus disticha, Cypress, Carpinus o~trya, )ron wood, Carpinus Aute ricana, Horn beam, Castanea purnil-a, Chincapin, Cerasus virginiana, Wild cherry,-!!- Cornus floriua, Dogwood, extremely abundant, Diospiros virginiana, Persimon, · Fagus syh·estris, Beach, Fraxinus tomentosa, Common ash, Gleditsia triac(lnthos, Honey locust, rare> Juniperus virginiana, H.ed cedar, Laurus sassafras, Sassafras, Liquid amber styracislua., Sweet gum, Liriodendron tu.lipifera, Poplar,t Magnolia grandiflora, Large laurel, Nyssa Sylvatica, Black: gum, Nyssa aguatica, Tupeloo, Platanus occi<..lentalis, Sycamore, Ti!ia pubescens, Linden, or lime tree, Ulmus rubra, Red elm, U ln1us Americana, :Mucilaginous elm, U lrm1s aquatic a, Water elm. There are mai?Y trees not .enumerated in this list, that may be found in rbe forests of Mobile, but these are the most prevalent, and · in their u-...-·s the most importa9t. Cupres5;us disticha ( cyvrr::ss) is every where., in the southern and routbwestern parts of th E' UniteJ States, selected for buildings, feBces, anJ for f;very use to which its wood can be applied. Its timber is e-a., ily wrought. J t is also one of those kinds of trees whose wood dot ~ s not harden by being seasoned ; it is extremely durable, anti shrinks or swell!'!· by change of weather less than the wood of any other known tree. * The wild cherry has receiv~d, iu om· books of natural history, the absurd 11ame of cerasus vi1·giuiaaa, in place of the prunus Americana, which latter ought to have prevailed. Tber~ at·e but a few species of trees in the United Stal.es found oove1·ing a morf.> extended surface than the wild cherry; its timbet' is very inferior to mahogany in beauty ant durability. It abounds along the bluf1s PHst of the Mississippi; it is found in all second rate lantls, on all the waters th&t tiow into tlw gulf of .Mexieo, but appea1·s to have displayed the full developem~? llt of its ~ize only in Opelousas and the adjacent country. The texture of the .woou of tt11~ wild cherry gains in colour aud solidity in advancing to the south\\ ard, but the fruit t·atber deteriorates. t This eleg3nl and majestic tree does not abound in the basin of Mobile, but is extremely pleotiful, anJ grows to an immense size upon the hills neal' Mississip ~ pi, and upon some of the waters of West Florida and Opelousas. EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. 35 I the approach of the barbour, tor vessels urawme, tuv• n n .. ..... , 6 , .. ·~-water, it: difficult and circuitous. The annexed plan of the bay will exhibit its position rnore clearly than could be done by any verbal "tescription. Vessels can be brought very ne.a r the shore, and the bar- |
