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The characters are : that the male has a Ions;, 

 compact, cvlindric ament : the calyx is a piri- 

 aiuhiuni proper, ihrce-lcaved, (three -cletl,) 

 leaHo's patulous, small, acute: the corolla has 

 three roundish petals, sessile, patulous, like the 

 calvx : nectarv turbinate, with the other parts 

 of the fructification growing lo the mouth : the 

 stauiiua have six filiform filaments, longer than 

 the corolla ; anthers incumhent, ohlong, com- 

 pressed, twin : hermaphrodite in the same 

 anient with the males, usually terminating: 

 the calyx is a four-clei't perianthium, otherwise 

 as in the male : the corolla has four petals, other- 

 wise as in the male : nectary as in the male : the 

 stamina as in the males : the pistillum, pcricar- 

 piuni, and seed as in the female : female a lax 

 ament, on a distinct plant : the calvx is a peri- 

 anthium proper, as in the male, but five-leaved 

 (five-cleft) : the corolla has five petals, lone, 

 sharp, from upright spreading : nectaries two, 

 short, like filaments : the pistillum is a broad 

 germ, flatted, longer than the corolla: style 

 short, reflex : stigma thick, the length of the 

 style, along which it grows, pubescent at top: 

 the pericarpium is a very large broad legume, 

 extremely flatted, divided by several transverse 



fiartitions, and filled with pulp: the seeds so- 

 itar\', roundish, hard, shining. 



The species is G. tr'uicanlhos, Three-thorned 

 Acacia. 



It is a tree eotnmon in most parts of North 

 America, where it is known by the name of 

 Honev Locust. It rises with an erect trunk to 

 the height of thirtv or forty feet, and is armed 

 with lonii spines, three or four inches long, 

 which have two or three smaller ones coming 

 out from the side, and are frequently produced 

 in clusters at the knots of the stem. The 

 leaves are bipinnate, composed of ten pairs of 

 leaflets, of a lucid green colour, and sessile. 

 The flowers come out irom the side of the voung 

 branches, but, being of a herbaceous colour, 

 have little appearance. 



In this climate the leaves seldom come out 

 till June, and the flowers not till the end of 

 July ; the tree does not produce flowers till it is 

 of a large size. 



There are varieties with fewer spines, and the 

 leaves smaller, the pods oval ; w ith but one 

 seed ; and with stronger spines. 



Culture. — ^Tliese trees are capable of being 

 increased by sowing the seeds obtained from 

 America, in a bed of light earth in the early 

 spring, water being occasionally given when the 

 weather is dry. But it is a more expeditious 

 practice to sow them in pots, and plunge them 

 in a moderate hot-bed. They should be kept 

 clean during the fiist summer, and in the win- 



ter be protected from sharp frosts, especially 

 those plants that are in pots. In the ibilowing 

 spring the young plants may be most of them 

 removed into uurserv-rows at a foot or eiglueen 

 inches distant, with eight or ten inches in the 

 rows. The small ones that remain may be put 

 out in the following autumn or spring. They 

 should remain in this situation till they have 

 had two or three years growth, when they 

 may be planted where they are to remain any 

 time in the later part of ihc spring. 



They succeed best in light deep soils in shel- 

 tered situations. 



These are all very ornamental trees, being well 

 suited to plantations and lar'ic shrubbery parts, 

 and when planted alone in large openings or 

 lawns kept in grass they produce a \\\vt eftect, 

 but have the disadvantage of pulling forth their 

 leave.; late. 



GLOBE-AMARANTH. See Gomphre.na. 



GLOBE-FLOWER. See Trolhus. 



GLOBE-THISTLE. See Echinops. 



GLOBULARFA, a genus comprising plants 

 of the herbaceous flowery perennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Telrandria 

 Monngi/nia, and ranks in the liatural order of 

 ^ggresutce. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a com- 

 mon perianthium, imbricate, with scales the 

 length of the disk and equal : proper one- 

 leafed, tubular, five-cleft, sharp, permanent 

 (four- or five-toothed; the teeth bristle-shaped 

 and acuminate) : corolla is universal, nearly 

 equal : proper monopetalous, tubular at the 

 base : border five-parted : upper lip very nar- 

 row, two-parted, shorter : lower of three larger, 

 equal segments: the stamina have four filaments, 

 simple, the length of the corollule: anthers di- 

 stinct, incumbent : the pistillum is an ovate 

 superior germ : style simple, the length of the 

 stamens : stigma obtuse : there is no pericar- 

 pium : proper calyx converging, inclosing the 

 seed : the seeds are solitary and ovate : the 

 receptacle is common, oblong, separated by 

 chaffs. 



The species chiefly cultivated are: 1. G. .Alt/- 

 pum. Three-tooth- leaved Globularia ; 2. G. 

 vulgaris, Common Globularia, or Blue Daisy. 



There are other species that may be cultivated^ 



The first has a hard woody stem, about two- 

 feet high, with many woody branches, beset 

 with leaves like those of the mvrtle. The 

 flowers are produced on the tops of the branches 

 in a ball, and are of a blue colour. It is a na- 

 tive of the south of Europe, flowering from 

 August to November. 



This shrub is said to possess a violent purging 

 quality. 



