SYaNO'CLADUS. (Vo/ee Im.) 



This tree belongs to the cassieas, or senna tribe, another sub-order of the 

 iiBguminosEe. Flowers whitish, in axillary racemes. Pod oblong, flattened, 

 Very large, pulpy inside, several-seeded. Seeds'very large, flattish. The 

 name is from the Greek.jrsawmtfs, naked, and-tt&B, a branch, alluding to the 

 ^tout bi^nfchefe de^itute of aprkj. 



There is but one speties in the liToirtKern Sthtfes, the &. OannSensi^, Ken- 

 tucky Cofffee-be'an ti-ee . It is a rkth^r ISirge trefe, with rough bark, sto'ut 

 "branehtetS, ndt thorny, and tety large uneiiually, two-'pinnatfe leaves ; has 

 laeen CuKivated as an -otoaiflental tree, alid give very Valuable and dflfaWe 

 timber, growing very raffi'dly. Th'e tt'ee grb#s in central New York, and 

 'plentiful in'Ohio, and Wfesl to the Missouri, 'and laay te noTnOre lender ^ha» 

 *the common IflouSt. 



GtEDlii'SCHlA. {Sohey loeiM.) 



Thie tree belongs to -the same sub-tribe as the last. ,;Pod flat, manv seed- 

 ed, a sweet pulp 'usually siirroundilig "tlie fiat seeds. I'horny trees w'ith ad* 

 ■iruptly one tb two-pinnate 'leaves, and incon'spicuous grfefenish flowers in 

 Small spikes. The name isgiven in honor of Professor fileditsch, a botanist 

 contemporary with LinniEus. 



But one specJes the Incanlhos ("three Ihbrned) is "found in "the Northern 

 States. The thorns Btou* usually -^ripple or compound — leaflets lanceolate 

 — oblong, somewhat serrate; pods i linear,, much elongated, often twiste'd, 

 iilled with sweet pulp between the seeds. The tree grows large and rapidly, 

 Vith durable wood, but fts cuMvalSon ca'n'not be recommeirdefl. 



Fuller speaking of it says : " The honey locust has been much extolled as 

 ■a hedge plant, tnd (Jaite 'ex'tfeusifely planted in'somfe sections Tor that pur- 

 4)ose . It is doubtful if it will ever become popular for thia purpose, as ft is 

 natufa'ly a large tree, consequently requiring feeverfe pruning to kfeep it in 

 check. There aie many other plants better suited for hedges, and which 

 "do not produce Such enormous thorns. If there ever was a tree that ought to 

 bfeproSfcribediind "ext'etfiiinkted, t believe this lb he tlie one. iPhe thorns 

 on old trees are often six to ten inehes'lohg, ahd so liard and' sharp that tlie 

 "man or beast "that approaches them Is In danger of l)eing mortally wounded, 

 Jlvery little clipping froih a hedge must 'be bare'fully piclred up, or there is 

 ■danger of somis animal stepping on 'it, and having its feet pierced by thtese 

 ^natural bayonets.^' 



It is ddii'btful if the tnefe is entirely h&rdj as i'ar udWh as ^iscbnsln. 



The common lo'cust'haB been 'more extensively Jjlantfe'd for Its timber thaa 

 •any tree in this country. It is a native tree, found in the ■«roods of Penn- 

 sylvania and the 'South, but was carried to Europe and cu'ltivated tliere by 

 ■Kobin ; and on* of its varieties is 'a ijitive of thb Rocky Mountains in tiel) 

 Mexico and Colorado. Many aclres were formerly planted on Ijong Island, 

 New Jersey, and other places, the remmanls of which taay still be sebo. 

 The seeds were scattered in the original forest, leaving them to take root as 

 '*best they could, and when thay had ..grown to a few feet, the nativ-e trees 

 Kep. & 



