beauty of B. Pseudacacia was early recognized and it 

 was extensively planted, but the attacks of the Ijorer 

 have caused great loss iiiid checked the planting of a 

 beautiful tree. 





(X J<;). (See page 1537.) 



Pseudacacia, Lii 

 Locust. Fig. '2135 

 genus, growing to 



1. LorrsT. False Acacia. Black 

 Tliis species is the largest of the 

 height of 80 ft. Lfts. short-stalked. 



KOBIN'S PLANTAIN, Eriijeron hcUiaifoVuts. 



KOCAMBOLE {AUinm Scorodoprasum, \A\m.), if. a. 

 humble member of the onion tribe, the underground 

 bulbs of «hRh are used abroad like garlic kno«n in 

 Ani( IK I iniimgst the Canadian French Thi pUnt is a 

 haidj pen nuial, withastem thatis twisted spiiulh above 

 and beai s at the top an umbel of flowers some or all of 

 which are changed to bulblets The presence of these 

 bulblets distinguishes the plant from garlic The spe 

 cies can be propagatid b\ the bulblets but (luuker re 

 suits aie secuieil li.ni tin i Iom ^ ,.t tin umbi^iouud 

 bulbs In mild .In,,,- th liuM 1, ul.l I | ImlMl in 



arely produced 



boccAbdia 



Consult Jlehpte 



EOCHEA (de la Roche, French botanist). Crassu- 

 lAce(e. A genus of 4 species of succulent plants from 

 S. Africa, with op|.osite, olplonir-ovate or hnir-eolale Ivs. 



andfls. ii. t.Tiiiih.iI r, . t>. Ill ^h. IM.Ii. :m1-. V.'i' u.iicric 

 charai't.i-., .c , r, r,, :,, -i,;. I,\ roc- 



freely produced, whi 



viscdsa. Vent. (.;LAM.My Locust. A small tree, rarely 

 •rowing to the height of 30-40 ft.: shoots, petioles 

 nd seed -ports covered with vi.scid -glandular hairs: 

 fts. 11-2."): tls. in a short and usually rather erect ra- 



Neo-Mexicaiia, Cray. A shnil. .-. or G ft, high, with 

 stout stipular prickles : peduncle, raceme and calyx 

 glandular-hairy: fls. in drooping axillary racemes, rose 

 color. Southwestern N. Amer. S.S. 3:114. Gt. 41:1385. 



R. KeJspyi is " a new species discovered ,ind introduced in 

 1901. by Harlan P. Kelsey. The bark much resembles R. Pseud- 

 acacia ,itnd the plant is sparingly piibescent. It is a compact 

 shiaib of distinct habit." John F. Co well. 



2135. Robinia Pseudacacia (X K). 



be inured to more air. A shading of the glass may be 

 necessary in summer, or the plants may be placed in a 

 sheltered position outside. About August, when the 

 plants have made as ranch growth as can be ripened 

 that season, they may be placed in a warm, dry, sunny 



