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cipal species, and is indigenous to the states west of the 
Alleghanies. G. monosperma is another kind, which is 
scarcely distinguishable from the Three-thorned, except in 
having one-seeded pods. The seedlings raised from G. tri- 
acanthos , are often entirely destitute of thorns. 
There is a fine species called the Chinese, ( G. horrida,) 
with larger and finer foliage, and immense triple thorns, which 
is interesting from its great singularity. A tree of this kind 
which we imported, has stood our coldest winters perfectly 
uninjured, and promises to be beautiful and very hardy. 
Some noble specimens of the common Three-thorned Acacia, 
may be seen upon the lawn at Hyde Park, the fine seat of 
the late Dr. Hosack. 
The Judas Tree. Cercis. 
Nat. Ord. Leguminosas. Lin . Syst. Decandria, Monogynia. 
A handsome low tree, about 20 feet in height, which is 
found scattered sparsely through warm sheltered valleys, 
along the Hudson and other rivers of the northern sections of 
the United States, but most abundantly on the Ohio. It is 
valuable as an ornamental tree, no less on account of its 
exceedingly neat foliage, which is exactly heart-shaped, or 
cordiform, and of a pleasing green tint, than for its pretty 
pink blossoms. These, which are pea-shaped, are produced 
in little clusters close to the branches, often in great pro- 
fusion, early in the spring, before the leaves have expanded. 
From the appearance of the limbs at that period, it has in 
some places obtained the name of Red-bud. It is then one 
