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GLEDITSCniA MONOSPERMA. 



The largest tree bearing this name in England, is at Syon, near liOndon, which 

 has attaiiiftl a height <>f niorr (lian eighty feet, with a trunk two feet in diameter, 

 and an ambitus ol'lbrty loot. 



in France, where this species is not much cultivated, it is thought to be more 

 liable to injury from frost, than the (Jleditschia triacanthos, as it docs not appear 

 to ])roducc seeds. At Sceaux, near Paris, there is a tree more than fifty feet in 

 height. 



In Hanover, in the botanic garden at Gbttingen, a tree of this species attained 

 the height of thirty feet in twenty-live years after planting. 



In Austria, at Vienna, in the botanic garden, another tree of this species 

 attained the height of thirty-six feet in twenty-two years. 



Properties and Uses. The wood of the (jJleditschia monosperma resembles 

 that of the three-thorned Gleditschia, m its loose texture, and yellow colour; but 

 as it grows in wet grounds, it is consequently inferior in quality, and is applied 

 to no particular use in the arts. 



