. Practical botany. Botany. LEADING OF FLOWERING PLANTS 355 Other leguminous seeds much used as articles of food in Europe, though not much eaten in the United States, are broad beans, chick-peas, and lentils. 323. Other useful products of the Pea family. Medicinal substances, dyestuffs, and varnishes are obtamed from several genera of leguminous plants. Among the most familiar of these are gum arable, licorice, balsam of tolu, senna, catechu, tamarinds, logwood, and copal varnish. Tlmher of considera- ble value for some jour- poses is obtamed from two North American genera, the blac
. Practical botany. Botany. LEADING OF FLOWERING PLANTS 355 Other leguminous seeds much used as articles of food in Europe, though not much eaten in the United States, are broad beans, chick-peas, and lentils. 323. Other useful products of the Pea family. Medicinal substances, dyestuffs, and varnishes are obtamed from several genera of leguminous plants. Among the most familiar of these are gum arable, licorice, balsam of tolu, senna, catechu, tamarinds, logwood, and copal varnish. Tlmher of considera- ble value for some jour- poses is obtamed from two North American genera, the black locust and the honey locust. Rosewood, blackwood, ironwood QAfzelia), cor- alwood, and some other kmds used in fine cab- inet work, are from tropical or sub-tropical legummous trees. 324. Ornamental leguminous plants. The list of ornamental plants of the is a -^-ery long one. ]Many genera, such as the true acacia, are not hardy in the Northern states, but a large number of our familiar cultivated herbs, shrubs, and trees are leguminous plants. Among the herbaceous ones are lupines, sweet clover, scarlet runner, the sweet pea and a scentless species which much resembles it. Common slu'ubs are se^'eral acacias, the " genista'" ^ of the florists, " rose aca- cia," and wisteria. Commonly planted trees are the black locust, hoiiey locust, j-ellowwood, and laburnum. 1 Cytisus Fig. 291. Desmodium flowers and fruit An herb of the Pea family. Reduced. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Caldwell, Otis William, 1869- joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company
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