DENDROLOGY. 



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Rose-Flowering Locust. Robinia viscosct. 



This species of locust is 

 found only on that part of 

 the Alleghanies which trav- 

 erses Georgia and the Caro- 

 linas in these states west of 

 the mountains. It prohably 

 does not exist beyond the 

 35th degree of latitude, nor 

 in any of the lower parts of 

 the Southern States ; hence 

 it appears to be confined to 

 a very small tract. 



The rose-flowering locust 

 is not so large as the pre- 

 ceding species ; its ordinary 

 stature does not exceed 40 

 feet, with a diameter of 10 

 or 12 inches. Its branches, like those of the locust, are garnished 

 with thorns, which, however, are smaller and less numerous. 

 The annual shoots are of a dull-red color, and are covered with 

 a viscid, adhesive humour. The foliage is thick and of a dusky 

 green. The leaves are five or six inches long, and are composed 

 of opposite leaflets, ten, twelve, or more in number, with a 

 terminal odd one. The leaflets are about an inch in length, 

 oval, nearly sessile, smooth, and of a fine texture. The flowers 

 are in open bunches, four or five inches long. They are numerous 

 and of a beautiful rose color, but destitute of fragrance. This 

 tree not unfrequently blooms twice in a year, and it would form 

 one of the most brilliant ornaments of the park and of the garden. 

 The seeds are small and contained in hairy pods two or three 

 inches long, and three or four lines broad. 



The wood of this tree is of a greenish color, like that of the 

 common species, which it resembles also in its other properties : 

 but the inferior size of the tree, notwithstanding its surprisingly 

 rapid growth, renders it less interesting to the arts. 



plate xcin. 



Fig. 1, A leaf. Fig. 2. A pod. 



