The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . h a profusion of pea-like rosy magentablossoms in clusters that hug the branch closely, and continue toopen until the leaves have unfolded. The hardiness of the redbud commends it to planters inthe Northeast, as well as in the warmer parts of its natural is widely cultivated as a flowering tree. After the flowers,the glossy, round leaves are beautiful, as are also the dainty, palegreen pods, which in late summer take on their purple hue Thefoliage, unmarred by the wear and
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . h a profusion of pea-like rosy magentablossoms in clusters that hug the branch closely, and continue toopen until the leaves have unfolded. The hardiness of the redbud commends it to planters inthe Northeast, as well as in the warmer parts of its natural is widely cultivated as a flowering tree. After the flowers,the glossy, round leaves are beautiful, as are also the dainty, palegreen pods, which in late summer take on their purple hue Thefoliage, unmarred by the wear and tear of a season of growth,turns to bright yellow before it falls. A further merit of the redbud tree is that it begins bloomingwhen very young. It should be in every shrubbery people prefer the double-flowered form offered by nursery-men. A variety, pubescens, called the downy redbud, grows wildfrom Georgia westward. The Texas Redbud (Cercis Texensis, Sarg.) is commonlyseen as a low shrub, forming thickets on the uplands of easternTexas. Occasionally it reaches 40 feet in height. The leaves 334. Winter Bud Staminate Flowers THE HONEY LOCUST (Gleditsia triacanthos)The main thorn bears two side spurs. On old branches there is often much sub-branching, and the thorns reach a foot i 1 length. Staminate and perfect flowers are borne in separate, greenish racemes on the same tree in June,leaves (much enlarged in the lower plate) are made up of many leaflets. Frequently they are twice compound The
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