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TREES AND SHRUBS 



NAME. 



Robinia hispida 

 (Rose Acacia), 

 (Syn. Robinia 

 rosea) 



R. neo-mexicana 



COUNTRY OR 



ORIGIN AND 



NATURAL ORDER. 



COLOUR 

 AND 



SEASON. 



South United 



States ; 

 Leguminosae 



Purplish 

 rose; June 



Colorado and 

 New Mexico 



Rose 



R. Pseudacacia 

 (Common Locust 

 or False Acacia) 



North America 



White ; 

 late May 

 and June ' 



R. viscosa (Clammy 

 Locust Tree), Syn 

 R. glutinosa 



*Romneya Coulteri 

 (Californian 

 Poppy) 



North America 



California 

 (Papaveraceae) 



Pale rose ; 



June and 



July 



White, 



with golden 



stamens ; 



Summer 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



nate leaves, and about June 

 the pendulous racemes of 

 large showy blossoms are at 

 their best. In this species 

 the stiff hairs that clothe the 

 young shoots and flower 

 stalks are very noticeable, 

 but there is a variety (in- 

 ermis) in which they are 

 entirely absent. 



A small tree related to the 

 common False Acacia, but it 

 differs from that well-known 

 tree ; the chief differences 

 are the glaucous green of 

 its prettily divided leaves, the 

 bright rose tint of its flowers, 

 and the hairy flower stalks 

 and seed pods. 



One of the handsomest of all 

 hardy trees ; the elegant 

 pinnate foliage retained in 

 all its freshness throughout 

 the entire Summer, however 

 hot and dry, renders it a 

 delightful object during the 

 whole of that time, and its 

 beauty is considerably in- 

 creased when the racemes of 

 white flowers are fully open. 

 In Winter, when bare, the 

 deeply fissured bark, and its 

 somewhat rugged aspect, are 

 picturesque. There are many 

 distinct varieties, chief among 

 them being aurea, in which 

 the leaves are tinged with 

 yellow ; bella rosea, a smaller 

 tree with rose - coloured 

 flowers ; bessoniana, around- 

 headed thornless form ; de- 

 caisneana, with pretty rose- 

 tinted blossoms ; fastigiata, 

 as upright as a Lombardy 

 Poplar ; inermis (Syn um- 

 braculifera), a mop-headed 

 small tree ; pendula, of weep- 

 ing growth ; and semper- 

 florens, which continues to 

 flower throughout the grow- 

 ing season. 



A small tree, easily known by 

 the sticky glands that cover 

 the new wood and leafstalks. 

 The leaves are larger than 

 those of the others. 



Few flowers are more beautiful 

 than those of the Californian 

 Poppy. The flowers are so 

 simpte in form and delicate 

 in substance. At first sight 



