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our very civilization shall they be preserved with our hardwoods for per- 

 petual forests to bless our successors? The question is pressing; and our 

 legislature must solve it. 



red bud ok judas tree, Circis Canadensis. 



Rare locally in southeastern counties; planted in some of our lawns. Is 

 small and handsome. Flowers numerous, colored like peach blossoms; 

 ripening into pods scarcely stalked in the calyx. Rounded leaves and 

 somewhat pointed. 



Kentucky coffee tree, Oymnocladus Canadensis. 



Rarely indigenous in Houston, Winona, Scott, Blue Earth, Nicollet, 

 Brown and other southern counties. In our state seldom exceeds six or 

 eight inches in diameter; farther south grows twice as large and fifty to 

 sixty feet high. Straight trunk, tufted foliage. Wood very hard, straight- 

 grained, of a rosy hue. On young, healthy trees, the leaves, doubly com- 

 pound, are three feet long and about twenty inches wide. Leaflets, op- 

 posite, are oval shape and pointed; of a dull green. 



Large flowers, dioecious, pods bowed, reddish brown, hard gray seed. 

 Plant in the fall just after they ripen. Beautiful foliage; wood very val- 

 uable for cabinet work. A tree this of special merits. 



wild black cherry, Prunus scrotina. 



Common except in the far north. Grows to good size in rich soil. 

 Trunk regular; bark block-like and rough, bitter and aromatic-medicinal. 

 Wood dull light red tint, deepening with age; fibre brilliant, compact, 

 fine-grained, seldom warps when well seasoned; much valued by the 

 cabinet maker, preferable even to the Black Walnut. Leaves are smooth, 

 lance-oblong, taper-pointed, having incurved short callous teeth. Flowers 

 spiked, white, beautiful. Fruit the size of a large pea, purplish black, 

 vinous-bitter, yet quite palatable. Nice for birds, saving our more val- 

 uable crops. A tree of beauty and very valuable for furniture. Is hardy 

 but needs support of other trees. Seeds ripen in autumn, and should 

 then be planted. 



locust tree, P. sencla acacia. 



This adventive tree belongs now with us. Light foliage; each leaf is 

 composed of opposite leaflets from eight to twelve with an odd one at the 

 summit; thin and so smooth dust cannot adhere to them. Flowers hang 

 in pendulous bunches clearly white and very fragrant. Five or six black 

 or brown seeds ripen in flat pods about three inches long, which often 

 hang on till late in the winter. Bark very thick and furrowed. Young trees 

 are armed with thorns disappearing in maturity. In the main the wood 

 has a greenish-yellow, streaked with brown veins; hard, compact, strong; 

 endurable under all circumstances. Best qualities have a red heart. Owing 

 to difference in color of the heart, arising probably from soil conditions, 

 the tree is variously known as Red, Green, White and Black Locust. Very 



