92 FLORA OF GRAND RAPTDS. 



CERCIS L. lti:i»-i{ri». .Jidas-tukk. 



717. C. Canadensis L. 



Alluvial soil. May. 



Plaster Creek; aloiis; (4rand River at Aila Village, Plaiiilield 

 Village, Grandville; along Pleasant Valley Creek, near West 

 Bridge St. Ferry; abundant on the banks and islands of the 

 'J'jiornapple River. It fruits al)un<lanlly. 



(JLEDITSCMIA L. Honky-Locust. 



718. Q. trjacanthos L. Three-thorned Acacia. Honey-LocuBt. 

 Escaped from cultivation. First of June. 



There are a number of small sized trees growing along Grand 

 River, on the Farm of E. Pettis, Sec. 21, Ada, and along Honey 

 Creek near its mouth. The ])ioneer settlers say, that these trees 

 have siH-ung from pods brougiit by high water from a tree be- 

 tween Ada Village and the bridge. According to Mrs. Jas, 

 Miller this parent tree was planted when a mere twig by Mrs. 

 Smith in her yard at Ada in 183S or '3U. This species is indig- 

 enous along the streams in the souliiorn part of the State. 



QVMNOCLADUS Lam. ]vi.:xtucky Coffee-tuke. 



719. Q. Canadensis Lam. 



(r. dioicd (L.) Kock. 

 Low woods; scarce. Mid-June. 



Near Ross Station (S.); at the mouth of Honey Creek 

 (E. Pettis); Lower Swing Bridge (Prof. R. H. Wolcott). There 

 were three trees on the farm of N. H. Stevenson, Sec. 10, Al- 

 pine. One of these was transplanted about 17 years ago to the 

 farm of J. Anderson near Ballards, and now has a circumfer- 

 ence of 02 inches, and is 40 feet high (Harold Stevenson). 

 There is a row of these trees found in front of the "old hotel" a 

 little south of Corinth. It reaches its northern limits in the 

 Grand River Vallev. 



