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ovate lanceolate, sessile; the midrib hairy 

 beneath. Calyx wanting. Black ash. Na- 

 tive of the Northern and Middle States. 



As an ornamental tree, this possesses few 

 points of interest. It has a coarse formal 

 habit, pushes forth its leaves late in spring, 

 and sheds them early in fall, and when leafless, 

 has no point of beauty beyond a dingy, smoky, 

 disagreeable blackness, which may occasion- 

 ally please by its evident harmony with 

 wintriness and dulness. It prefers a moist 

 situation. 



GLEDITSCHIA, Linnceus. Nat. Ord. Faba- 

 cese. Polygamia, Dicecia, Linn. Hermaphro- 

 dite flowers with a 4-cleft calyx. Corolla 4- 

 petalled. Stamens 6. Pistil 1. Male calyx 

 3-leaved. Corolla 3-petalled. Female calyx 

 5-leaved, corolla 5-petalled. 



1. Gr. TRIACANTHOS, Linnceus. Leaflets 

 ovate oblong. Frequently, very spiny. 

 Spines axillary. Honey locust. 



The most usual height is fifty feet. Opinions 



are divided in regard to the value of this tree 



in the landscape. "When in fruit, with its 



large bean-like pods, it has a pleasing aspect. 



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