Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11pennx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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PLATE XCV. HONEY LOCUST 1. Flowt'iiii;; liiiiiK'h witli iniitnrc leaves, x \. 2. Section of ii brHiich vvitli liuitiii;; jidds iiid a Imincliotl tlioni, x J. .1. A winter twifr witli tliorns, x J. k A hiJinchcd tlioni, x J. ."). A leiif-sc'sir, onlar^ed. / 185 HONEY LOCUST Gleditsia triacanthos, Linnaeus OENTTS DESCKIPTION ThI FOKMâ^A medium-sized tr*»P nmoii, * BAHKâOn youn^ trunks smooth covered wifh FIOWEBSâAppear about May or Jiin« t>âi eL^^Ml, *" i^"'*' """'^y "^«'^ ««I'«'»od ^ai cnst^ction. ,» time its use -i r^L^llLr^i^Trr ^^^^^^^ ^^ DISTIN&UISHING CHARACTERISTlCS_Th. w r Thorn Tree, Three-thomed Acacia. S.d ^e?Shuck7.« '.IL'*;,.*'*' '"^^° «« *â¢>« 8^«^«t Loc"«t. thorn« located above the leaf-scars a thomfess vaHe?v^ distinguished by its large branched lK>und or sometimes twlce-con^und 1venly"iinnatr inn \ *^""* '^»«*"- The once-co,n- leathery fruit-pod front 1018 l^tes lonranS the â??/k*'â¢'*^ '"*^"« ^^^^^^^^ ^"h the With conspicuous oblon^f .enticel. are afso cha^cterist^;! ^T *" ^'"^ '^^^ ^"*'" --"ed nat above the origin of a leaf or a leaf so^ Z, T-f,Jn k '«"f"^»^*°«l «e^^«t as a planted tree in the entire eastenrport^on oJ^hl Tl *^'"*- ^^ P*"^**"* " *» ««°^*>n cultivatiun. ^'*"*⢠P***^""" «' the State and in many places has e8cai>ed «o?t'!"hTri^rrt.^i Lrdsi;!en';rof"itbt."' '^"^^^ ^"*"'" ^^«-«- -^ ^-*"« IMPORTANCE OF THE SPECIFaâti,^ xt a timber tre. in Pennsylvania ScausTu is IfZed^THl'.'lf "" commercial Importance as of this H«te are open grown and not m^^ Its distribution. Most of the existing trees mercial value. If pj^pert^Znte^ it w^ll nroS^^or"! '""TT *^ "«**^ *" ^ «' ^^^ «""- from insect and fungarenL^es^^s an attrae^elr^ Tn^TV " ^'^"' "P'*^'^' '» - come out late in spring and. hJnce. it^is"": 1 n^'vaTue 'rsh^ar'"' '"""^'^' '^^ "'^â ^^

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