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of Box, for the manufacture of small articles, such as 

 bowls, salad spoons, etc., for which it is well adapted 

 by its hardness, durability, and capability of polish. 



2. Clammy Locust. (R. viscosa, Vent.) — A very 

 ornamental tree, smaller than the foregoing and 

 much less known, it being chiefly confined to the 

 southern range of our mountains and the adjoining 

 ones in South Carolina and Georgia. It does not 

 exceed 40 feet in height. The young branches are 

 covered with a clammy matter, and the flowers are 

 of a beautiful rose color, — characters which will al- 

 ways distinguish it from the preceding. The wood 

 is similar. 



3. Rose Locust. (R. hispida, Linn.) — A well- 

 known ornamental shrub of our gardens, (sometimes 

 known by the singular misnomer of Bose of Sharon,) 

 with large, deep rose - colored blossoms, bristly 

 branches, flower-stems, and pods. It is indigenous 

 to the rocky summits of mountains and hills in the 

 Upper and Middle Districts ; and a dwarf variety, in 

 the Pine barrens of the Lower. 



Honey Locust. (Gleditschia triacanthos, Linn.) 

 — Found in all the States from Pennsylvania and 

 Illinois southward. It is diffused 6ver this State, 

 but is nowhere very abundant. It is from 30 to 50 

 feet high, and 2 or 3 feet through. The heart much 

 resembles that of Locust, but is coarser, and the pores 

 are quite open like those of Bed Oak. It is there- 

 fore used only where other material cannot be con- 

 veniently had. The large pods, 12 or 18 inches long, 



