. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2133. Clump of Ricinus communis. 1538 ROBINIA ROCHEA beauty of R. Pseudacacia was early recognized and itwas extensively planted, but the attacks of the borerhave caused great loss and checked the planting of abeautiful 2134. Rivina humilis {X /^). (See page 1537.) Pseudacac
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2133. Clump of Ricinus communis. 1538 ROBINIA ROCHEA beauty of R. Pseudacacia was early recognized and itwas extensively planted, but the attacks of the borerhave caused great loss and checked the planting of abeautiful 2134. Rivina humilis {X /^). (See page 1537.) Pseudacacia, Linn. Locust. False Acacia. BlackLocust. Fig. 2135. This species is the largest of thegenus, growing to a height of 80 ft. Lfts. , 1-2 in. long, oval or ovate, smooth, often emargi-nate or mucronate: bark on young wood brown andglandular; stipules glandular, enlarging with age andbecoming strong thorns on the 2-year-old wood : and fragrant, in drooping racemes: fr. a broad,brown, many-seeded pod or legume. May, June. East-•ern N. A.—Wood very lasting, and adapted to many varieties of this species are in cultivation, thefollowing being sold in this country: atirea, Hort., haspale yellow Ivs.; bella-rdsea, Hort., rose-colored fls.,and is probably a hybrid of R. Pseudacacia and R. vis-cosa; var. inlrmis, DC, is a thornless variety, withlarge dark foliage; buU^ta,Hort., is much like Bessoni-ana (below), but more compact; Decaisne^na, Carr., is aform with handsome rose-tinted fls. 1863
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