Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . wever, often causessevere griping. 44. Honey Locust. Black Locust. Three-thorned Acca- cia. (P.) Gleditschia triacanthos, L. This well known tree extends in this State to the higher Al-leghanies, where on lawns as well as in parks, fields and meadows itcauses trouble, much as does the Yellow Locust by its sprouting andprofuse seeding in ; and should, receive even more thorough atten-tion. The thorns are very strong, and when scattered about afterbeing broken off by the wind,often penetrate the feet of cattle caus-i
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . wever, often causessevere griping. 44. Honey Locust. Black Locust. Three-thorned Acca- cia. (P.) Gleditschia triacanthos, L. This well known tree extends in this State to the higher Al-leghanies, where on lawns as well as in parks, fields and meadows itcauses trouble, much as does the Yellow Locust by its sprouting andprofuse seeding in ; and should, receive even more thorough atten-tion. The thorns are very strong, and when scattered about afterbeing broken off by the wind,often penetrate the feet of cattle caus-ing severe wounds. This tree properly planted and pruned makes a completelyimpervious hedge. The wood is heavy, strong and quite compact,and although it is somewhat coarse-grained it takes a very high pol-ish. It is, like the Yellow Locust, very durable under ground, andis used in a similar manner ; it is, however, eighty-third in order ofstrength, sixty-sixth in order of elasticity, and one hundred in order of relative fuel value, among about 400 ROSE ^^^% /\^lf/#i ^ FAMILY To this family belong all of those plants resembling in their flow-ers the well known cherry, peach, thorn, apple, rose and is one of the largest families of plants represented in NorthAmerica. 45. Briars. Blackberry. (P.) Rubus villosus, Ait. This well known plant, particularly obnoxious from its ten-dency to take absolute possession of old fields, needs no descriptionhere, as it is already too prominent in the minds of our berries produced, as well as the vines, vary greatly in size,thorniness and general appearance according to the soil and localityin which they grow. The best method of subduing this pest is to 234 cut over the land thoroughly in July and September for three years,casting the crop gathered into the compost heap,where,when prop-erly rotted, it should b* worth the labor as a manure. When with all the labor of gathering, the berries bri
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