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CULTURE. 
These trees are propagated by seeds, which must be procured from America; those of the first are 
annually sent to England in plenty, by the title of Locust, or Honey Locust, to distinguish it from 
the false Acacia, which is frequently called Locust-tree in America ; these seeds may be sown upon a 
bed of light earth in the spring, burying them half an inch deep ; and if the spring should be dry, they 
must be frequently watered, otherwise the plants will not come up the first year, for sometimes the 
seeds remain two years in the ground before they come up; therefore those who are desirous to save 
time, should sow the seeds as soon as they arrive, and plunge the pots into a moderate hot-bed, ob¬ 
serving to water them frequently; by this method most of the plants will come up the same season, 
but these should be gradually inured to bear the open air, for if they are continued in the hot-bed, 
they will draw up weak ; during the summer season, those plants in pots will require frequent water¬ 
ings, but those in the full ground will not dry so fast, therefore need no water, unless the season 
should prove very dry. In autumn, those in the pots should be placed under a hot-bed frame to pro¬ 
tect them from frost, for these young plants generally keep growing late in the summer, and the upper 
part of their shoots being tender, the early frosts of the autumn often kill the ends of them, if they 
are not protected, and this frequently occasions great part of the shoots to decay in winter; for which 
reason those plants in the full ground should be covered with mats in autumn, on the first appearance 
of frost ; for a small frost in autumn will do more mischief to these young shoots which are full of 
sap, than severe frost when the shoots are hardened. 
The following spring they may be transplanted into nursery-beds, at a foot distance row from 
row, and six inches asunder in the rows ; but this should not be performed till April, after the danger 
of hard frost is over; for as the plants do not put out their leaves till very late, there will be no 
hazard in removing them any time before May. If the season should prove dry, they must be watered; 
and if the surface of the beds is covered with moss, or mulch, to prevent the earth from drying, it 
will be of grfeat service to the plants. In these beds the plants may remain two years, during which 
time they must be constantly kept clean from weeds; and in the winter there should be some rotten 
tan, or other mulch, spread over the surface of the ground to keep out the frost. If the plants thrive 
well, they will be fit to transplant to the places where they are to remain after two years growth, 
for they do not bear removing when large; the best season for transplanting these trees, is late in 
the spring; they thrive best in a light deep soil, for in strong shallow ground they become mossy, 
and never grow large; they should also have a sheltered situation, for when they are much exposed 
to winds, their branches are frequently broken in the summer season, when they are fully clothed 
with leaves. 
This being an elegant tree, it should appear singly in the openings of plantations, provided it be 
well sheltered from cold winds, but it is not in full leaf till the month of June. 
There is a variety with fewer thorns, and one seed in a pod. 
Genus 21. Guilandina. Bonduc. Class X. Deeandria. 
Order I. Monogynia, 
Species 1 . Hardy Bonduc , or Canada Nicker-tree . (Guilandina Dxoica.) 
The stem erect, thirty feet high or more, dividing into many branches, covered with a very smooth 
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blueish ash-coloured bark. Leaflets oval, very smooth and entire, alternate. There are male and 
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