Flowers of the black locust 



have in order certain floral drives. First the 

 apple blossom drive introduces the spring, and 

 the lilac drive confirms the impression that 

 really the season is advancing; but the locust 

 drive is the sweetest of all, taking these nature 

 lovers along some shady lanes, beside the east 

 bank of a great river, and in places where, 

 the trees planted only for the fence utility of 

 the hard yellow wood, these fragrant flowers, 

 hanging in grace and elegance far above the 

 highway, have redeemed surroundings other- 

 wise sordid and mean. 



I want Americans to prize the American 

 locust for its real beauty. The French know 



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