. La geografia del Texas, fisico e politico. Fig. 30. Palmetto e rovere Growtti sulla forcella est del fiume SanJacinto, dieci miglia a est di New Caney, MontgomeryCounty 53 54 La geografia del Texas il migliore sviluppo della specie entro lo stato,tuttavia, è a ovest e a sud del lungo-leaf area. Che questi mag-nificent foreste willsoon essere numberedwith il thingsof passato seemsprobable. Accord-ing al dottor WilliamL. Bray, il lungo-foglia di pino Texasis essendo tagliate secondo therate di circa tre quarti di un bil-piedi di leone di lumbereach anno. A thisrate pensa ita ragionevole esti-mate che t
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. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 30. Palmetto and Oak Growtti on the East Fork of SanJacinto River, Ten Miles East of New Caney, MontgomeryCounty 53 54 THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS The best development of the species within the state, however, is to the west and south of the long-leaf area. That these mag-nificent forests willsoon be numberedwith the thingsof the past seemsprobable. Accord-ing to Dr. WilliamL. Bray, the long-leaf pine of Texasis being cut at therate of some threequarters of a bil-lion feet of lumbereach year. At thisrate he thinks ita reasonable esti-mate that the vir-gin pine may holdout twenty yearslonger. And hefurther calls at-tention to the factthat with the pre-vailing systemsof logging theforest grounds are so stripped and exposed to fire thatno future stand can be counted on.i It would seem the 1 See Forest Resources of Texas, by William L. Bray. UnitedStates Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, Bulletin No. 47, p. 23. Washington, 1904.. Fig. 31. The Long-Leaf Fixe Forest of tLouisiana-Texas AreaThese trees furnish the most valuable lumber VEGETATION 55 part of prudence that the state should take some actionconcerning the restoration of its timbered areas before itis too late. That the cultivation and growth of foresttrees is both practical and remunerative has already beenamply demonstrated, and under the conditions prevailingin this country the demand for good timber would beunlimited. 51. The Post Oak Country and the Cross Timbers. Ontheir western border the pines give way to a post oak andblack jack growth which, following the general course ofthe outcrop of Eocene strata towards the southwest, gradu-ally decreases and finally disappears not far from theNueces river. Connected with the Post Oak countryby a narrow strip extending up Red river are two nar-row southern prolongations of a similar growth, knownrespectively as the Eastern and Western Cross timbers.The former, as previously stated, marks the boundarybetw
