Trees and Shrubs 



each pod containing a dozen seeds. The pulpy portion of the 

 pod is sweet when fresh, hence the name "Honey Locust." It 

 is a very desirable tree, growing in any ordinary good soil, and 

 should make a good street tree, as, on account of its spine- covered 

 branches, boys would fight shy of climbing its trunk. 



There are several species of the genus all worthy of a place 

 in the pleasure-ground. The Japanese and its varieties purpurea 

 and coccinea, the Chinese, the water locust (Gleditchia aquatica) 

 and several other kinds are all very desirable. 



Propagate, by seeds, in January; as the shells of the seeds 

 are exceedingly hard, soak them in hot water for a few hours 

 before sowing. Plant the seeds about an inch deep in the open 

 ground ; leave them in the seed-bed for one year when they should 

 be planted in nursery rows. Plant them in permanent quarters 

 when they are from six to fifteen feet high. 



GREVILLEA. 



A genus of elegant trees and shrubs mostly natives of the 

 Australian group, many of the species having leaves as beauti- 

 fully cut as a fern. According to Eastern and European authori- 

 ties they grow only five or six feet high, whereas here in Cali- 

 fornia they reach a height of from forty to fifty feet with a 

 diameter of stem of over a foot. Grevillea robusta, the most 

 commonly grown species, is very ornamental, and when in bloom 

 is a striking object in the landscape with its great trusses of 

 orange-red flowers set among its fern-like foliage. It grows freely 

 in any ordinary good soil and requires very little water. Grevillea 

 fasciculata, Grevillea juniperini, Grevillea Thelemanniana, 

 Grevillea saligna, the scarlet-blooming Grevillea punicea, and 

 the purple-flowering Grevillea vestita should be seen in our gar- 

 dens more frequently than they are and well repay any care and 

 attention bestowed upon them. 



Propagate by seeds sown, in Spring, one-quarter of an inch 



