Second division-leaves coarsely toothed. SWAMP WHITE OAK, often called BUR OAK, Quercus bicolor.-On low, damp soil. CHESTNUT WHITE OAK, Quercus prinos.-Wet, rich soil, in shaded places. ROCK CHESTNUT OAK, Quercus monticola.-On rocky bluffs. CHESTNUT OAK, YELLOW OAK, Quercus acuminata.-On limestone bluffs. CHINQUAPIN, or DWARF CHESTNUT OAK, Quercus prinoides(?).— In the southwest. Third division-leaves entire. LAUREL OAK, erroneously called PIN OAK, Quercus imbricaria. WILLOW OAK, Quercus Phellos.-In southeast. Fourth division—leaves lobed, lobes mucronate. BARTRAM'S OAK, Quercus heterophylla.-In Cooper and Pettis. RED OAK, Quercus rubra.-On damp, rich soil. Osage Orange. OSAGE ORANGE, Maclura aurantiaca.-In the valley of Spring River. Papaw. PAPAW, Anona triloba.-In rich soils. Pecan-Nut. (See Walnut.) Persimmon. PERSIMMON, Diospyros Virginiana.-In good soil. Pine. YELLOW PINE, Pinus mitis (?).—In the south. Plum. RED PLUM, Prunus Americana.-In rich bottoms. Poplar. (See Cottonwood.) DOWNY-LEAVED POPLAR, Populus heterophylla.-In southeast. Prickly Ash. PRICKLY ASH, Zanthoxylum Americanum.-In wet places. Rose. DWARF WILD ROSE, Rosa lucida.-In prairies south. PRAIRIE ROSE, Rosa setigera.-Very showy on the borders of prairies. CHEROKEE ROSE, Rosa lævigata.-In south. Raspberry. RED RASPBERRY, Rubus strigosus.-Common on the borders of fields. BLACK RASPBERRY, or THIMBLE-BERRY, Rubus occidentalis.-In open forests. Ratan. RATAN VINE, or WISTARIA, Wistaria frutescens. Common south. Sycamore. BUTTONWOOD or AMERICAN PLANE TREE, Platanus occidentalis.— In bottoms. Sumachs. DWARF SUMACH, Rhus copallina.-Common by the borders of fields. SMOOTH SUMACH, Rhus glabra.-In open forests. STAG-HORN SUMACH, Rhus typhina.-Often in clusters in prairies. POISON IVY or POISON OAK, Rhus toxicodendron.—On rich soils. FRAGRANT SUMACH, Rhus aromatica.-Abundant in forests. Spiraea. FLOWERING SPIRAEA or NINE-BARK, Spiraea opulifolia.-On limestone bluffs. SPIRAEA CORYMBOSA.-On dry prairies. Sassafras. SASSAFRAS, Laurus sassafras.—Common on medium soil. Service-berry. WILD SERVICE-BERRY or SHAD-BUSH, Amelanchier Canadensis. On bluffs. Staff-Tree. STAFF-TREE, Celastrus scandens.-On river banks and broken bluffs. Thorn. CORKSPUR THORN, Crataegus crus-galli.-In open forests. RED HAW or WHITE THORN, Crataegus coccinea, (Gray) -In open forests. DOTTED THORN, Crataegus punctata.-On bluffs and ridges. Strawberry-Tree. STRAWBERRY-TREE, Euonymus Americanus.—In the southeast. Trumpet Creeper. TRUMPET CREEPER, Tecoma radicans.-Climbing over the bluffs and trees. Tulip-Tree, (erroneously called Poplar.) TULIP-TREE Liriodendron tulipifera.-In the southeast. Tupelo. LARGE TUPELO, Nyssa uniflora.—In swamps. Virginia Creeper. VIRGINIA CREEPER, Ampelopsis quinquefolia.-In rich soil. Walnut. BLACK WALNUT, Juglans nigra.-Common in rich soil. WHITE WALNUT or BUTTERNUT, Juglans cathartica.-In low, rich soil. PECAN-NUT, Juglans olivæformis.-In bottoms. Willow. SALIX. There are numerous species of willow in Missouri. Winter Berry. WINTER BERRY, Prinos lævigatus. In low, wet forests and thickets. Witch-Hazel. WITCH-HAZEL, Hamamelis Virginica.--Taney County. PUBLIC LANDS. THE following propositions are a part of the compact formed between the United States and the State of Missouri, adopted July 19, 1820: 1st. That section 16 of every township be granted for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools. 2d. That all salt springs, and six sections adjoining each, be granted to the State. 3d. That five per cent. of the net proceeds of lands lying within the said Territory or State, sold by Congress after January 1st, 1821, shall be reserved for making public roads and canals. 4th. That four entire sections be granted for the location of the seat of government. 5th. That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, together with lands heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of a seminary of learning, and vested in the Legislature of the State. In a note to this article, in the Revised Statutes, the author says: "The school lands mentioned in the first proposition have been appropriated to the use of common schools. The salt springs and lands adjoining have been selected and disposed of. The lands for the location of the seat of government have been selected and appropriated. The university lands have been designated, and mostly disposed of." The following is a copy of the "Graduation Act" of 1854: An Act to Graduate and Reduce the price of the Public Lands to Actual Settlers and Cultivators. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc., that all the public lands of the United States, which shall have been in market for ten years or upwards prior to the time of application to enter the same under the provisions of this act, and still remaining unsold, shall be subject to sale at the price of one dollar per acre; and all the lands of the United States that shall have been in market for fifteen years or upwards, as aforesaid, and still remaining unsold, shall be subject to sale at seventy-five cents per acre; and all of the lands of the United States that shall have been in market for twenty years or upwards, as aforesaid, and still remaining unsold, shall be subject to sale at fifty cents per acre; and all of the lands of the United States that shall have been in market for twenty-five years and upwards, as aforesaid, and still remaining unsold, shall be subject to sale at twenty-five cents per acre; and all lands of the United States that shall have been in market for thirty years or more, shall be subject to sale at twelve and a half cents per acre: provided, this section shall not be so construed as to extend to lands reserved to the United States in acts granting lands to the States for railroad or other internal improvements, or to mineral lands held at over one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, that upon every reduction in price under the provisions of this act, the occupant and settler upon the lands shall have the right of pre-emption at such graduated price, upon the same time, conditions, restrictions, and limitations upon which the public lands of the United States are now subject to the right of pre-emption, until within thirty days preceding the next graduation or reduction that shall take place; and if not so purchased, shall again be subject to right of pre-emption for eleven months, as before, and so on, from time to time, as reductions take place: provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with any right which has or may accrue by virtue of any act granting pre-emption to actual settlers upon public lands. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, that any person applying to enter any of the aforesaid lands, shall be required to make affidavit before the register or receiver of the proper land office, that he or she enters the same for his or her own use, and for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, or for the use of an adjoining farm or plantation owned or occupied by him or herself, and together with said entry, he or she has not acquired from the United States, under the provisions of this act, more than three hundred and twenty acres, according to the established surveys; and if any person or persons taking such oath or affidavit shall swear falsely in the premises, he or she shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury. Approved, August 4, 1854. An Act to extend Pre-emption Rights. Be it enacted, etc., that the pre-emption laws of the United States, as they now exist, be, and they are hereby extended over the alternate reserved sections of public lands along the lines of all the railroads of the United States, whenever public lands have been or may be granted by acts of Congress; and that it shall be the privilege of persons residing on any of said reserved lands, to pay for the same in soldiers' bounty land warrants, estimated at one dollar and twenty-five cents |