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in winter ; yet, as it is not so, but a rai-e and very unique 

 exception to the usual beautiful diversity of spray and 

 ramification, it is highly interesting to place such a tree as 

 the present in the neighborhood of other full-sprayed 

 species, where the curiosity which it excites will add 

 greatly to its value as an interesting object at that period 

 of the year.* 



[Fig. 83. The Kentucky Coffee Tree.] 



The seeds vegetate freely, and the tree is usually 

 propagated in that manner. It prefers a rich, strong soil, 

 like most trees of the western states. 



* There are some very fine speeimens upon the lawn at Dr. Ilosack's seat 

 Hyde Park, N. Y., which have fruited for a number of years. See Fig. 38. 



