OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 211 



1. E. HISPID A, Linnaeus. Leaves unequally 

 pinnate. Stem hispid. Eacemes axillary. 

 Eose Acacia. Native of the Southern States ; 

 flowering throughout the summer. 



Few deciduous trees are more ornamental 

 than this when well grown and covered with 

 its racemes of rose-colored flowers. It de- 

 lights in a moist rich soil, though not by any 

 means ivet. If grfifted on the next described 

 species it becomes more vigorous. On its 

 own roots it will frequently grow twenty 

 feet high. On a dry soil it never reaches 

 any great height, though it will flower freely. 

 It is readily propagated by cuttings of the 

 roots placed in a slight hotbed early in spring. 



2. E. PSEUD-ACACIA, Linnceus. Leaves 

 unequally pinnate. Eacemes loose, pendu- 

 lous, pedicels or flowerstalks one-flowered. 

 Stipules spinose. Yellow locust. Flower- 

 ing in May. 



This varies from one of the handsomest of 

 ornamental trees to one of the ugliest. When 

 young, with its bold round head, its elegant 

 foliage and luxuriant growth, profusely 

 covered with its large clusters of deliciously- 

 scented flowers, it laughs at its rivals. But 



