THE HONEY LOCUSTS 
The feathery foliage of the Honeylocust at the 
left is shown here in comparison with the dense 
foliage of the Norway Maple — at Chatham. 
Real Aristocrats 
If you read this yarn about Honey Locusts, please 
do not confuse our subject with the Common Black 
Locust, that worm eaten, rough-skinned pest, intro- 
duced to this section years ago, and whose offspring 
have gathered together to form unsightly thickets along 
our roads. 
The Honey Locust (we grow three varieties) is 
quite different, a real aristocrat, with smooth bark, 
feathery dark green foliage and fragrant pea-like 
flowers. It is above becoming such a pest as its un- 
popular cousin. In many places it is being planted 
instead of the American Elm. 
COMMON HONEY LOCUST 
Gleditsia triacanthos 
This is a tree with real character. While some of 
them are very symmetrical, the irregular ones, whose 
trunks are not as straight as the mast of a ship, are 
the ones that seem to us to have the character appropri- 
ate for a seaside landscape. 
Winter Beauty, Too 
The thorns of this variety make barbed wire insigni- 
ficant by comparison. But it’s the thorns that give the 
effect of an etching in winter and become glistening 
spines in the sunlight, like sunshine sparkling on the 
sea as it ripples in the breeze. 
DE LOMmO mite $ 5.00 each 10 for $45.00 
OntOmeomtte 7.50 each 10 for 70.00 
8 to 10) tt 10.00 each 10 for 90.00 
A Tree for Windswept Places 
The Honey Locusts will weather a gale, standing up 
to it like an old sailor in oilskins and so’wester. Its 
fine cut leaves are not subject to windburn as are the 
larger leaves of some other trees. It has proved this 
in such windswept places as Nantucket, Powder Point, 
Duxbury. where you will find beautiful, mature speci- 
mens. 
Bluffs along Massachusetts Bay at Sagamore 
near the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. Here 
only the sturdiest plants will withstand the 
almost constant lashing of the winds. 
