Qleditschia macroacanthos^ or Chinese Large 

 This resembles the preceding somewhat in foliage, and is 

 particularly remarkable for its very large reddish thorns, 

 which have a striking and peculiar effect. Its growth is 

 rapid, and it can be increased from seeds, or by ingrafting. 

 Some other species of the Gleditschia may be seen in the 

 garden of the author, among which are the horrida, the pur- 

 purea, Sec. 



Pride of India^ or Melia azederach. This tree is well 

 known for its fine deep green pinnated foliage ; the leaves 

 are long, and particularly beautiful, being of a shining green 

 on the upper surface ; the flowers are produced in July from 

 the sides of the branches in long clusters : they are of a 

 bluish lilac colour, and very fragrant. These are succeeded 

 by yellow berries of the size of a haw, and in great numbers; 

 the hard kernel each encloses is used in some Catholic coun- 

 tries to form part of their rosaries, from which circumstance 

 it is by some called the Bead Tree. It is not yet sufficiently 

 naturalized to withstand our severest winters without protec- 

 tion, and is often killed to the ground, unless bound up with 

 straw. Further south, however, it is extensively planted for 

 ornament, and the streets of Savannah, and other southern 

 cities, are ornamented with it. The growth is very rapid, 

 and almost any soil will suit it. 



Osage Orange, or Madura aurantiaca.-Tt\\s tree is 

 also called Bow Wood, and Yellow Wood. It has al- 

 ready attained to the height of about 20 feet in garden cul- 

 ture, but is said to far exceed that height in its native re- 

 gions of Missouri and Arkansa. Several trees at the esta- 

 blishment of the author are now from nine to ten inches in 

 circumference. It is well calculated, by its fine foliage and 

 curious fruit, to form one of our most interesting ornamental 

 trees ; the leaves are of good size, oval form, and placed al- 

 ternately on all sides of the branches : they are of a fine 

 glossy appearance, very numerous and closely set, and im- 

 part a great degree of beauty to the tree ; added to which, 

 their verdure is retained after that of most other trees is 

 past; the flowers are not of much note, but the large fruit, 

 of the size and form of the Orange, which decorates the tree 

 during the autumnal months, render it particularly worthy 

 of notice. The outer surface of the fruit is rough and 

 warted. It was some years since supposed to be eatable, 

 aud that it would become an appendage to the dessert, but 

 that idea is now ascertained to be ir.ccrrect. The bark on 



