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To the seeds, bark, and roots, highly poisonous 

 properties are ascribed. In habit and constitu- 

 tion, the laburnum is quite hardy, and it forms 

 a great adornment to our roadsides and to the 

 margins of our plantations. It has a graceful 

 and irregular outline, and in May and June, when 

 the small light-green trifoliate leaves appear in 

 contrast with large pendulous bunches of yellow 

 flowers, it is the perfection of beauty as a flowering 

 tree. 



