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trees will have grown to a goodly size. The Locust should 

 be transplanted just as the buds are ready to burst ; they 

 should be protected by frames as soon as set. Good cases 

 may be made at a trifling expense, by taking strips of inch 

 and a half stuff, three inches wide, and nine or ten feet long, 

 sharpen the lower end, and drive it into the ground four or 

 five inches, and in a box formed about the tree let cross- 

 pieces be nailed at the top. Be careful that the tree does 

 not rub upon the case, although the wound will heal over, yet 

 in the first high wind, it will be apt to break off at that 

 point. This tree is rather peculiar in that respect. 



The Locust was introduced to Europe by a Frenchman 

 named Robin. From him the genus (Hobinia) took its 

 name. There are but four species belonging to it, and they 

 are all indigenous to North America, viz. : 



JRobinia pseudacacia (common Locust). It. viscosa, 

 confined to the southwestern parts of the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains, bearing rose-colored blossoms and being even more 

 ornamental than the former ; it is equally hardy, and if it 

 could be introduced among us would form a valuable addi- 

 tion. Locusts nowhere appear to a better -advantage than 

 when planted in clumps of six or eight on a lawn, and if the 

 'JR. pseudacacia and JR. viscosa were contiguous, blending 

 the pure white and the rose-colored blossoms, the world 

 might be challenged for a finer effect. 



The It. hispida (rose-acacia of our gardens) is a highly 

 ornamental shrub, its branches are, like the moss-rose, cov- 

 ered with minute spines, which give it a fine appearance. 

 A fourth species is said to exist in the basin of Red River. 

 The favorable opinion here expressed of the Locust, will 

 remove any impression of prejudice when we say, that they 

 are altogether too much cultivated. Our forests are full of 

 magnificent shade-trees whose claims can never, all things 

 considered, be equalled by the Locust. 



ELM ( Ulmus Americana) , commonly called White Elm. 

 Of the four species of elms indigenous to the United 



