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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



Fig. 141. — Rose 'Acacia.' 



Fig. 142. — Western Locust. 



pods are 2 to 3 inches long and 2 to 7-seeded. Western Locust (142)^ 

 Robinia neo-mexicina — is a prickly shrub 5 or 6 feet high with rose-colored 



flowers and twigs covered with 

 glandular, but not gummy, hairs ; 

 this has two stout prickles at the 

 bases of the leaves, like the common 

 locust. 



Fig. 143. - Siberian Fea Tree. ' Fig, 144. — Small-bladed Pea Trijij, 



