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thus, but the thick branches and sometimes the 
trunks are a flower. The Buteas, superba and fron- 
dosa, are princes of the Vegetable Kingdom ! It is 
just a question if they would succeed on the sovth- 
CLADRASTIS TIXCTORIA. ( From Gardening.) 
em-most boundaries of the United States? They 
are widely diffused in the two Indian peninsulas, 
and seed should be tried from the drier parts of the 
N. W. Provinces and from the Carnatic. 
Peuraria has io species from tropical and East- 
ern Asia. They are along remove inhabit from the 
last genus, although they are in the same tribe with 
flowers built on the some plan. P. Japonica (sold as 
dolichos) is perhaps the most rapid growing climber 
known to northern gardens, sometimes growing 
from the rootstock 50 feet in a season. It is not 
very hardy, but grows from the roots as far north 
as Albany, N. Y. 
Phascolus are the “runner beans,” etc. The 
“scarlet runner” is sometimes grown as an orna- 
mental plant, and many are esculents. There are 
150 described species to say nothing of varieties. 
They are found in all warm regions having rainfall. 
Vigna is a genus in close affinity and with a 
similar distribution. There are about 45 species, 
most of those in cultivation having yellow flowers. 
V. luteola in variety extends northward to the Gulf 
States. 
Dolichos has perhaps 30 species in tropical and 
sub-tropical parts of Asia, Africa, Australia and 
America. D. lignosus is a favorite greenhouse 
creeper with gardeners, it will stand a degree or 
two of frost, and a sub-tropical climate; then it will 
mount to the tops of large trees, and festoon them 
like wild vines. 
Virgilea is a monotypx genus from South Africa. 
Cladrastis , “yellow wood,” has two species one 
C. tinctoria with drooping flowers is from the south- 
ern mountains and a beautiful tree and as hardy as a 
locust. The engraving whose reproduction has been 
kindly permitted by the Gardening company for 
these papers, shows both the northern shrubby and 
southern tree expression, the smaller one in flower. 
C. Amurensis is so far a smaller tree or shrub with 
stifTer panicles of flowers. The flowers of both are 
in the way of the white Wistarias. 
Sophora has 30 species of varying habit, dis- 
tributed over the warm regions of the world. S. 
Japonica in three or four varieties is occasionally 
seen in gardens. It is quite hardy to the lower 
lakes anyhow, and perhaps the pendulous form is 
the most striking tree we have, especially in the 
wi liter. 
Camoensia is in two species from Angola and 
other parts of West Tropical Africa. C. maxima is 
regarded as the largest flower among legumes, the 
flowers being “nearly a foot in length.” The plant 
is said to be a shrub, and therefore easily capable 
of cultivation in park conservatories in warm parts 
of this country. I am not aware if it has yet found 
its way here. 
Coesalpinia is in 40 species distributed over all 
the tropical and warm regions of the world. Three 
species are natives or adventive at extreme southern 
points, C (poinciana) pulcherrima being one of 
them. C. regia has attained to 20 or more feet high 
and flowered in South Florida before being frozen. 
C. Japonica is 
hardy in Eng- 
land, and 
should be tried 
i n the Caro- 
linas. 
Gymnocladus 
is a monotypic 
tree known as 
“Kentucky 
Coffee.” It is 
a striking ob- 
j e c t when 
young but re- 
quires room to 
properly d e- 
velope and be 
seen. 
BAUH1NIA PURPUREA IN S. FLORIDA. Gledltsckia, 
or “honey lo- 
custs,” have 4 or 5 species from North America, Asia, 
and the African mountains. Botanists contend I be- 
lieve that these trees and the common locust are ad- 
ventive in the middle states, If this be true New 
