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The Locust, and nearly related Genera. 



THE LOCUST. 



1014. THE COMMON LOCUST (Robinia pseudacacia). This is some- 

 times called the " black locust," the "yellow locust," or the " false 

 acacia," and occurs native west of the Alleghenies from Pennsylva- 

 nia to Arkansas. In the Carolinas, it is found native only in the 



139. Leaves and Flower of the JEscnlus Calif ornica, of one-half the 

 Natural Size. (See page 255.) 



lower mountain ridges, but it is thought that it once grew wild at 

 some distance east of the Blue Ridge, where it is not now found in 

 its native state. 



1015. It is widely diffused by cultivation in all the Atlantic 

 States and in Europe. The rapidity of its growth, the beauty of its 



