STUDIES OF TREES IN WINTER 



often yellowish- looking bark. Slender twigs, 

 with inconspicuous thorns. Small, alternate 

 triangular leaf-scars, somewhat raised in the 

 centre. The buds are superposed between the 

 thorns, and are entirely hidden by the leaf scars. 

 Fruit a pea-shaped pod, four or five inches long. 



The common locust is one of the few trees 

 which is decidedly more attractive in summer 

 than in winter. The delicate texture and 

 tender green of the leaves and the pendulous 

 racemes of white fragrant flowers make the 

 whole beauty of this tree, and in winter it seems 

 rough, straggling, and uncouth in its habit of 

 growth, and utterly devoid of either strength or 

 grace. The common locust glories in a wealth 

 of summer sweetness and color, but in winter 

 the absence of poise and symmetry in its 

 branches and its colorless stems make it seem 

 shapeless and dead. 



The wood is heavy and strong, and durable 

 when it is placed in contact with the soil. 

 It is used in ship-building and for posts. 

 The bark is a tonic used in homoeopathic 

 remedies. 



The name, Robinia, was given to this genus 



in honor of Jean Robin, a French botanist, and 



the gardener of Henry IV. of France. The 



specific name, pseud-acacia (false acacia), arose 



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