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The largest Ailantus trees in America are growing 

 in Rhode Island, where it was introduced from China, 

 under the name of the Tillou tree. It has since been 

 rapidly propagated by suckers, and is now one of the 

 commonest ornamental trees sold in the nurseries. The 

 finest trees, however, are those raised from seed. 



The Kentucky Coffee Tree. Gymnocladus. 

 Nat. Ord. Leguminosae. Lin. Syst. Dicecia, Decandria. 



This unique tree is found in the western part of the 

 State of New York, and as far north as Montreal, in 

 Canada. But it is seen in the greatest perfection, in the 

 fertile bottoms of Kentucky and Tennessee. Sixty feet is 

 the usual height of the Coffee tree in those soils ; and 

 judging from specimens growing under our inspection, it 

 will scarcely fall short of that altitude, in well cultivated 

 situations, anywhere in the middle states. 



When in full foliage, this is a very beautiful tree. The 

 whole leaf, doubly compound and composed of a great 

 number of bluish-green leaflets, is generally three feet long, 

 and of two-thirds that width on thrifty trees ; and the 

 whole foliage hangs in a well-rounded mass, that would 

 look almost too heavy, were it not lightened in effect by 

 the loose, tufted appearance of each individual leaf The 

 flowers, which are white, are borne in loose spikes, m 

 the beginning of summer ; and are succeeded by ample 

 brown pods, flat and somewhat curved, which contain six 

 or seven large grey seeds, imbedded in a sweet pulpy 

 substance. As the genus is dioecious, it is necessary tha 



