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ago. The largest tree in the city, a little more than 

 seven feet in circumference, is before the door of the 

 Pickering mansion on Broad street. There is one in 

 the field just below the base ball grounds on Bridge 

 street, and several about "Paradise,"* at the bend of 

 Mason street. There is also a very large tree, ten feet 

 in circumference perhaps, in the yard by the house at 

 Gardner's Farm. On the Forest River road there are 

 many locusts growing where the fragrant blossoms are 

 easily accessible to the public. 



The clammy locust, (Robinia viscosa) is not so com- 

 monly cultivated. It is a native of the Alleghany 

 mountains. It blooms abundantly, but its flowers are 

 not fragrant, although otherwise rather finer than those 

 of the common locust. There are several of these trees 

 just going out of flower in the yard of Mr. Abbott's 

 house. No. 4 Chestnut street. A third locust, the rose 

 acacia (Robinia hispida) from the same region, is often 

 seen in old gardens where it makes a small straggling 

 tree. Its flowers are of a most beautiful rosepink 

 color but not fragrant. The honey locust, or three- 

 thorned-acacia (Gleditschia triacanthos), is a large tree 

 common in cultivation. It is a native of Pennsylvania 

 and the region beyond, and is known by its much divided 

 leaves, its long branching thorns, and curious wavy 



*The reference of the writer to "Paradiee," at the upper part 

 of Mason street, iu Salem, will probably cause many of the 

 younger generation to wonder why that region was ever so 

 called. Fifty years ago this was the most beautiful section of 

 Salem, and on Sunday nights it was a great thoroughfare for 

 young men and maidens, as well as for older people. Mason 

 hill, the tanneries and the Oil Factory were unknown then, 

 and if the Carltonville settlement had been started it could only 

 have been a short time before. The name "Paradise" was 

 known and recognized, in every part of the city, as a peculiarly 

 appropriate designation for the locality. — [Eds. Gazette. 



