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Roprsia Psevpacacra (Common Loewst).—Leaves odd, 
pinnate, with nine to seventeen oblong-ovate leaflets ; 
flowers white, in long racemes, very fragrant ; seeds pro- 
duced in a long pea-shaped pod; young branches with 
short, stout thorns; bark on old trees rough, deeply fur- 
rowed ; wood fine-grained, very hard, of a yellowish 
color; tree grows fifty to sixty feet high, and is commonly 
cultivated and indigenous to Virginia and westward. 
Rosrnta viscosa (Clammy Locust).—Leaflets eleven to 
twenty-five, oblong; flowers white, tinged with red, in 
short crowded raceme; young branches clammy ; tree of 
small size; common in cultivation, also on the banks of 
streams in South Carolina and Georgia. 
Rosrrsta uisprpra (Lose acacia, Moss DP oniath —A 
small, crooked-growing shrub with large pink or rose- 
colored flowers —a very handsome ornamental plant. 
When grafted on the common Locust, it blooms more 
profusely, and it forms a more beautiful shrub then when 
grown on its own roots. 
Saux. ( Wellow, Oster.) 
There are some twenty or more indigenous species of the 
Willow, but they are mainly small shrubs, and not worthy 
of being cultivated for their timber. There are, however, 
a few foreign species which have been so long in cultiva- 
tion here, that they have become naturalized in many sec- 
tions of the country ; some of these grow to a large size, 
and are worthy of cultivation. All of the different species 
and varieties of Willow grow readily from cuttings, and 
they are usually propagated in this manner, except a 
