258 The Locust, Coffee- Tree, etc. 



are crisped or otherwise deformed, and the flowers assume various 

 yellow and pink colors, and different sizes and forms of growth. 

 From its tracing roots it sends up sprouts in great abundance, and 

 it may be propagated from these with great facility. 



1019. The wood of the locust is fine grained, yellowish, hard, and 

 very durable. For this reason, it is much used for trenails of ves- 

 sels. It is also very durable as posts and for studding of wainscots 

 in damp situations. 



1020. THE CLAMMY LOCUST (Robinia viscosa). This is a small 

 tree, native in the mountains from Southern North Carolina to 

 Georgia, where it grows to the height of forty-feet. It derives its 

 name from a glandular-viscid secretion upon the pods, leaf-stems, 

 and twigs. 



1021. THE RosE-LocusT (Robinia hispida). This is a small and 

 hispid species, found upon the mountains of the Carolinas and 

 Georgia and in pine barrens. It 'is sometimes cultivated for orna- 

 ment, the blossoms being twice the size of the common lo'cust and 

 of a rose-red tinge. 



1022. KENTUCKY COFFEE-TREE (Gymnodadus Canadensis). This 

 tree, one of the leguminous family, grows native in the Western 

 States, and to great perfection in Kentucky and the southern parts 

 of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. It occurs in Western New York 

 and west of the Niagara river in Canada, and extends westward to 

 Nebraska. Under the most favorable conditions, it grows from 

 sixty to eighty feet in height. The bark is rough, the branches 

 stout and abruptly terminated, appearing in winter like a dead 

 tree. It has doubly pinnate leaves, a dense fine-grained wood, suit- 

 able for cabinet work. It is readily propagated from the seeds, but 

 these must be scalded and left soaking in warm water for some 

 hours before planting. 



1023. THE HONEY-LOCUST (Gleditschia triccmthos). This tree is 

 found widely diffused, but grows to greatest size in the Southern 

 State?. It is nowhere abundant, but often cultivated for ornament, 

 and affords an excellent tree for hedges. In favorable circumstances, 

 it grows to the height of fifty feet or more, with a diameter of two 

 to three feet. The wood is hard, close-grained, and suitable for 

 many uses in manufactures, and is said to be very durable when 

 used as posts. It extends westward into Iowa and Nebraska, and 

 southward to Mississippi. 



