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Show A MINIATURE FOREST. In company with John Hill, ai )c)rtiieDtt.Live of tbe litcord iid a to Ihe grounds of theC. P. railroad, rail-road, between Hazsl and Cherry and E'ghth and Ninth street?, where tho company have at le t 4U0.000 trti-u urowiDn, aud a. will be irnntplaott d iiixt 1 all to make room lW others Fur years the railroad company have had in contemplation tho growing of timber for their owu uses, and two yearn ago they had four tine miseries started in different parts of the Stats. The one started in Dhieo has proved better, in every respect, thau all the others put together, whither ln'ciuse the one at this point has bad better care than tho balance, we know not, but poai'ive it isthattheChiconureery ia ihe only one that will pay tor the investment. The idea, aB wo under aland it, is to raise trees which, when four years old, will do to work into eieepera tor ranroaus. vv uuu uue year old they will be transplanted to various sections of the country, while Beedlingu will take the place of those removed. When three years old they will bo cut down and aeaioned for oue year, wht-n they will be ready to use. French scientists have- lately dis-c.tvt dis-c.tvt r.d that the several varieties ot Australian gum trees, when well er-asoued, are equal in bardn Si to any of the close fibred woods, and the Central Cent-ral Pacific company are eipi rimenting to teat tbe new idea. Iu tho various avenues through which wo passed, under the guidance of J. H. Looey, the gentleman in charge, we noticed catalpa, blue gum, walnut, locust, oak, cypress, cassia, persimmons, and even cotton plauts in great profusion. Mr. Locey haB two assistants, wuo are constantly employed in watching With great care the young sprouts, so that no unforeseen accident may undo the work of years. Thoso of our citizens who feel interested in such matters Bhould by all means pay Mr. Locey a visit, and wa assure them they will be amply repaid for their trouble. Cbico Record. |