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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



HONET LOCUST — GLEDITSCHIA HOREIDA NANA. 



THE HONEY LOCUST. 



A TRIBE of trees, so named from the sweetness 

 of their sap, some of the species of wliich are 

 found in the United States growing wild on the 

 fertile aUuvial bottoms bordering the rivers at the 

 west and south-west. This tribe of trees are of 

 little value except for ornament, and making hedges, 

 for which tlieir rapid growth and prickly limbs 

 eminently adapt them. In some of the southern 

 and western states the honey locust is being tried 

 as a hedge plant. The negroes of the south also 

 make beer from the leaves and green pods. 



The tree represented in our cut is a variety in- 

 troduced into Europe from China, and known as 

 the Gleditschia Jiorrida nana. It a rather small 

 and shrubby, but very handsome tree, growing 

 about 15 feet high, with a spreading habit, and larger 

 and more elegant foliage than the common honey 

 locust, and is armed with very long sharp spires, 

 mostly on the trunk and larger branches. It has 

 been found to stand the cold well, and promises to 

 be an acquisition to our shrubberies. The Oledit- 

 $chia^ according to Downing, stands far above the 

 locust for the purpose of embellishing scenery. 

 There is a peculiar elegance about its light green 

 foliage, which sways gracefully in the summer 

 breeze, and folds up on the approach of the slight- 



est shower. The branches spread out and fonn j 

 fine broad head, and there are no dead, unsightlj 

 limbs to be seen, as is commonly the case on thi 

 locust. It can be made to assume a variety of pic 

 turesque shapes in growing up, and does not pro 

 duce suckers ; and when a limited extent is devotet 

 to a lawn or shrubbery, it is one of the first decid 

 uous trees that shoi Id obtain a place, and producei 

 a charming etfect when combined with other tree« 

 of a heavier and darker foliage. It may be readil} 

 propagated by grafting on the honey locust, or bj 

 seed. 



DESIGN FOK A FLOWER GARDEN IN TH] 

 FORMAL STYLE. 



TriE Gardener'^8 Chronicle gives the accompany 



ing plan (see next page) for a flower garden now ii 



course of formation at the Nurseries of Messrs 



Roi.ussoN, of Lower Tooting, England. It is thi 



best thing of the kind we have ever seen. A con 



servatory of large dimensions, about 130 feet ii 



length by 28 feet in width, for the exhibition o 



specimen plants, has recently been erected, and i 



was desired to arrange the piece of ground in fron, 



so as to set this off to advantage, and at the sam 



time to afford an opportunity for thcdisp'ay of an; 



new or remarkable plants. The Coniferous am 



other trees would be placed in the border on th< 





