DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
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There are two pretty distinct varieties of the common 
Yellow locust, cultivated on the Hudson. That most fre- 
quently seen is the White variety, which forms a tall and 
narrow head ; the other is the Black locust, with a broad, 
and more spreading head, and larger trunk ; the latter may 
be seen in fine condition at Clermont. It is a much finer 
ornamental tree, and appears less liable to the borer than the 
White variety. 
The Three-thorned Acacia Tree. Gleditschia. 
Nat. Ord. Leguminosse. Lin. Sysi. Polygamia, Dicecia. 
This tree is often called the Three-thorned locust, from 
some resemblance to the latter tree. Its delicate, doubly pin- 
nate leaves, however, are much more like those of the Aca- 
cias, a family of plants not hardy enough to bear our climate. 
It is a much finer tree in appearance than the common locust, 
although the flowers are greenish and inconspicuous, instead 
of possessing the beauty and fragrance of the latter. There 
is, however, a peculiar elegance about its light green and 
beautiful foliage, which wafts so gracefully in the summer 
breeze, and folds up on the slightest shower, that it stands far 
above that tree in our estimation, for the embellishment of 
scenery. The branches spread out rather horizontally, in 
a fine, broad, and lofty head : there are none of the dead 
and unsightly branches so common on the locust ; and the 
light feathery foliage, lit up in the sunshine, has an airy 
and transparent look, rarely seen in so large a tree, which 
sometimes produces very happy effects in composition with 
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