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Worthington Smith reported upon it as having a bad surface, and readily breaking away so that the cuts require much retouching after engraving. Natural Order Ebenaceae. Diospyros texana. A North American tree, of the wood of which Professor Sargent speaks favorably. "It is, however," he says, "in Texas, at least, rather small, scarcely six inches in diameter, and not very common.
It would, no doubt, thrive in a window if kept in a sunny position and placed under a glass shade. A variety known as texana differs in being more densely clothed with spines. We have seen it grown into large clumps, covering a space 1 ft. in diameter, with dozens of erect little pyramids of whitish spines. Mag. 3972.
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