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the case is different as it advances in age ; 

 large branches broken off by every stiff 

 breeze, others dying " voluntarily," like sui- 

 cides through grief for loss of the power to 

 please ; then the borer, which attacks them 

 most unrelentingly, and its innumerable 

 suckers, make a bad end to its chapter of 

 history. It thrives best in a cool rich loam, 

 and is very readily propagated from its seeds, 

 sown either when ripe or in the spring. 



There are many varieties, differing chiefly 

 in the forms of their leaves. 



The R. macrophylla is common now with us, 

 and also the R. tortuosa, with its curiously 

 twisted branches. 



The R. viscosa, known as the clammy locust, 

 the branches and legumes being very clam- 

 my and sticky, is probably a good species. 



SALISBURIA, Smith. Nat. Orel. Taxaceae. 

 Monoecia, Polyandria, Linn. Staminate flow- 

 ers axillary, filiform, pedunculate. Fertile 

 flowers terminal, solitary on simple or branch- 

 ing peduncles. Ovule naked, seated in a cup- 

 shaped disk, the disk finally becoming fleshy, 



