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Another authority says: “I raised and set plants one 
hundred and seventy rods in the spring of 1871, have 
trimmed it once, and now it is acknowledged by all who 
have seen it to surpass any hedge they have ever seen. 
And now, in conclusion, I would say, for a hedge do not 
let it get over three feet high; and, furthermore, time 
will prove it to be the only successful hedge-plant for 
Michigan.” 
THE WATER-LOCUST. 
This is a much smaller tree than the honey-locust, but 
its general characteristics are the same. It is found in 
the southern portion of Illinois. It is inferior to the 
wood of the honey-locust, and is not much used even 
where it is the most common. Its height is from forty 
to sixty feet. It is found growing principally on the 
river-banks and in the swamps of I1linois. 
THE YELLOW LOCUST. 
This tree is sparingly produced in its native home— 
Kentucky and western Tennessee—where it attains a 
height of from thirty-five to fifty feet and a diameter of 
ten to twelve inches, and is also successfully cultivated 
as an ornamental tree in many parts of the United States 
as far north as Connecticut. It forms a considerable 
spread of foliage, composed of rows of leaflets, broadly 
oval, smooth, two inches broad and from three to four 
long. The branches, being, like the petioles and leaf- 
nerves, of a yellowish hue, contrast admirably with the 
dark-green of its trunk-bark. It flowers in April and 
May, forming elegant white, pendulous racemes six to 
ten inches long, slightly odoriferous. Its seeds are con- 
tained in flat pods, and mature in the United States in 
the month of August. It is propagated from seed, and 
its favorite soil is a loose, deep, and fertile one. The wood 
of this tree is soft and fine-grained, but is very little made 
. use of except for the vegetable coloring which its heart 
imparts for the purpose of dyeing. Botanical interest 
