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pie, ( A . jpseudo-jplatanus.) The latter also considerably re- 
sembles the plane ; but the leaves, like those of the common 
maple, are smoother. They are five-lobed, acute in the divi- 
sions, and are placed on much longer petioles than those of 
most of the species. The flowers, strung in clusters like 
those of the common currant, are greenish in colour. It is 
much esteemed as a shade-tree in Scotland, and some parts 
of the Continent, and grows with vigour, producing a large 
head, and widely spreading branches. 
The Locust Tree. Robinia. 
Nat. Ord. Leguminosse. Lin. Syst. Diadelphia, Decandria. 
This is a well-known American tree, found growing wild 
in all of the states west of the Delaware River. It is a tree 
of secondary size, attaining generally the height of forty or 
fifty feet. The leaves are pinnated, bluish -green in colour, 
and are thinly scattered over the branches. The white blos- 
soms ap pear in June, and are highly fragrant and beautiful ; 
and from them the Paris perfumers distil an extrait which 
greatly resembles orange-flower water, and is used for the 
same purposes. 
As an ornamental tree, we do not esteem the locust highly. 
The objections to it are, 1st, its meagreness and lightness of 
foliage, producing but little shade ; secondly, the extreme 
brittleness of its branches, which are liable to be broken and 
disfigured by every gale of wind ; and lastly, the abundance 
of suckers which it produces. Notwithstanding these defects, 
we would not entirely banish the locust from our pleasure- 
