66 HAND-BOOK OF TREE-PLANTING. 



The honey-locust (Glcditschia triacanthos), or 

 three-thorned acacia, though a different species 

 of tree, and not equal in valuable qualities to 

 the Robinia, or common locust, is yet a substan- 

 tial tree, and worthy of cultivation. 



The elm, of course, will not be forgotten or 

 neglected by the tree-planter. As a single tree 

 on the lawn, or by the side of a wide road, 

 where it has room in which to spread and de- 

 velop its true character, we have no tree among 

 the broad-leaved or deciduous species equal to 

 it in combined grandeur and beauty. And so it 

 has been a favorite tree for planting by the road- 

 side, dividing favor in this respect with the 

 maple alone. It reaches its best development 

 along the river-valleys of the Middle States and 

 New England. No one who has seen the elms 

 of the Connecticut Valley at Northampton or 

 Deerfield, or who has walked under the over- 

 arching elms of Temple Street and Hillhouse 

 Avenue, New Haven, will ever expect to see 

 anything finer in tree-form, or wonder that a 

 city which bears the honor of being the seat 

 of Yale College should also be called the " Elm 

 City." 



