Chapter 5

           WheretheRiodeNueces(RiverofNuts)collectsitswatersfromahundredtributarystreamsliningthemaplikethelimbsofagrandgenealogicaltreeyoumaylookuponalandofsurpassingfairness.Itssurfaceis"rollingprairie,"interspersedwithclumpsofpost-oakandpecân,hereandtherealongthebanksofthewatercoursesunitingintocontinuousgroves.

           Insomeplacesthesetimberedtractsassumetheaspectofthetruechapparalathicket,ratherthanaforestitsprincipalgrowthbeingvariouskindsofacacia,associatedwithcopaivaandcreosotetrees,withwildaloes,witheccentricshapesofcereus,cactus,andarborescentyucca.

           Thesespinousformsofvegetation,thoughrepulsivetotheeyeoftheagriculturistasprovingtheuttersterilityofthesoilpresentanattractiveaspecttothebotanist,ortheloverofNature;especiallywhenthecereusunfoldsitshugewax-likeblossoms,ortheFouquierasplendensovertopsthesurroundingshrubberywithitsspikeofresplendentflowers,likearedflaghangingunfoldedalongitsstaff.

           Thewholeregion,however,isnotofthischaracter.Therearestretchesofgreaterfertility;whereablackcalcareousearthgivesnourishmenttotreesoftallergrowth,andmoreluxuriantfoliage.

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