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vicling inlo many branches which are armed with 

 Ihort, itrong Ipines. The bark is darkifli coloured 

 and rough. The leaves are winged and generally 

 compofed of eight or ten pair of fmall, oval lobes, 

 terminated by an odd one; entire, of a bright green 

 and fitting clofe to the midrib. The flowers are pro- 

 duced from the fides of the branches in long pendu- 

 lous bunches, each having a feparate footftalk; they 

 are white, of a butterfly fliape and fweet fmelhng ; 

 and are fucceeded by compreflTed pods, of three or 

 four inches in length and half an inch in width, con- 

 taining feveral hard, kidney-lhaped feeds. The tim- 

 ber is very durable, and ufed for pofl:s to fet in the 

 earth, and other purpofes ; therefore, the propaga- 

 tion of it might be well worthy of attention. Its 

 natural place of growth is ^in a rich moifl: foil* 



2. RoBiNiA rofea. Ro/e coloured Robinia. 



This fpreads much from its running roots, fend- 

 ing up weak branching ftalks, to the height of fix or 

 eight feet, but often flowering much fmaller. The 

 ij^hole plant, with the footftalks of the leaves and 

 ilovvers^ are clofely armed with foft, purplifli fpines. 

 The leaves are v/inged and compofed of five or fix 

 oair of oval, concave lobes, terminated by an odd 

 one, v/ith their midribs protruding in fliort brifl:ly 

 points. The flowers are larger than thofe of the 

 other kind and of "a Peach bloflfom colour, with 

 their ftarnina diftindly in two bodies; whereas thofe 

 of the other are frequently all joined at the bafe. 

 This is a beautiful flowering flirub, fometimes flow- 

 eriog twice or more in a feafon, but feldom produc- 

 ing feeds. There are feveral other varieties differ- 

 ing fomcwbat in their pods or colour of their flow- 

 ers. 



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