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too old, it will break into fresh growth, thus forming 

 a new tree. 



There are some that are 

 remarkably handsome in 

 their foliage and general 

 character. One in particu- 

 lar is called the Locust- 

 tree, which is very beautiful 

 as a lawn tree. 



Fig. 64 is a fair illus- 

 tration of the tree, which 

 in the summer is densely 

 clothed with foliage as 

 thick as possible, with its 

 overlapping pinnatifid, bold- 

 featured, and dark green Fig. 64. 



leaves, giving the tree a 



singular and uncommon appearance, different from 

 all others. 



Fig. 65 shows a feature 

 of the seed pod of this tree, 

 which attains to as much 

 as nine or ten inches in 

 length, and an inch wide, 

 and comes on the tree in 

 numerous clusters, which 

 are, when nearly ripe, of a 

 beautiful scarlet colour, giv- 

 ing to the tree a splendid 

 appearance. These seed 

 pods become of a mahogany 

 colour as they get older, 

 which gives a richness to 

 the appearance of the tree. 

 I had some pods of this 

 seed sent me in 1878 Kg. 65. 



from Texas, where the trees 



grow in abundance. I strongly recommend this 

 beautiful-foliaged plant as a lawn tree in sheltered 

 places. 



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