Locust (Honky). 



392. I then bring to a close this very long article, but, 1 

 trust, not longer than it is interesting, by repeating my ear- 

 nest exhortation to all those who plant trees, to examine 

 well all that I have said upon the subject; and if they do 

 so examine, I am sure that the result will be, that this fine 

 and most valual^le tree will become common throughout the 

 whole kingdonl. 



liOCVST (KONEV). 



In Latin, Gleditsia Triacanthos ; in French, Ftvier, 



393. The botanical characters are : — It has male and hermaphrodite flowers 

 in the same katkin, and female flowers in different plants. The male kat- 

 kins are lon^. compact, and cylindrical, and have each a three-leaved small 

 empalement; they have three roundish petals, which spread open in the form 

 of acup;they have a turbinated nectarium, the mouth of which, afterwards, 

 grows to the parts of fructification ; they have six slender stamina, Avhich are 

 longer than the petals, terminated by oblong compressed summits. The 

 hermaphrodite flowers in the same katkin are situated at the end ; these 

 have empalements, petals and stamina like the male; and have a germen, 

 style and seeds like the female, which are situated in different trees, and are 

 disposed in a loose katkin ; these have a five-leaved empalement, and five 

 oblong petals, with two short thread-like nectariums, and a broad germen 

 longer than the petals, supporting a short reflexed style, crowned by a thick 

 stigma. Tije germen afterwards becomes a large flat pod, with several 

 transverse partitions, having a pulp in each division, surrounding one hard 

 roundish seed. 



394. This is sometimes called the Sweet Locust; but 

 Honey Locust is its general name in America. This tree 

 seldom attains a height exceeding fifty feet. It is a very 

 beautiful tree, having the leaf very much resembling that 

 of the sensitive plant, and keeping fresh and perfectly green 

 all the summer. The French, when they took possession of 



