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well in a rich soil in sheltered situations ; remarkable for its 

 triple thorns, its doubly pinnate leaves, and its pods of twelve 

 or fifteen inches in length. 



Two other trees of this family, the Kentucky Coffee Tree, 

 Gymnocladus Canadensis, and the Canada Judas Tree, Cercis 

 Canadensis, grow naturally as far north as this, though I know 

 not that they have been found native in Massachusetts. Both 

 are occasionally cultivated here as ornamental trees. The for- 

 mer is not remarkable for its beauty, though striking by its sin- 

 gular appearance. The latter, often called the Red Bud, is 

 curious from being covered with bunches of flowers of a rose 

 color, before the leaves begin to appear. They give a brilliant 

 appearance to the whole tree except the extremities of the 

 branches. The leaves, which begin to come out while the 

 flowers are expanded, are folded together, before opening, on 

 the mid-rib ; they are broad, heart-shaped and pointed, and 

 very smooth above and beneath. 



The Red Bud is a fine showy tree, early in the season, and 

 not without beauty at all times. 



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