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faults in its liability to injury by t h e flat-headed borer, and by high winds, which shatter its brittle branches. B u t it propagates by seed easily, t r a n s p l a n t s readily, grows rapidly, and is valuable both for firewood and cheap l u m b e r . r e b r u m , Red or Swamp Maple—native. L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. B r y a n t savs: " I have never found it in central or n o r t h e r n Illinois, although it is said t o grow in some localities. F u r t h e r south it is more c o m m o n . ' ' A beautiful o r n a m e n tal t r e e . Mr. Ridgeway measured one n e a r Mt. Carmel 108 feet high and 11 & in circumference. NEGUNDO, Ash-leaved Maple, Box-elder. aceroides—native and common in most p a r t s of t h e s t a t e . Planted for o r n a m e n t , wood, and perhaps for sugar.

P O L Y G A L A C E J E — P O L Y G A L A FAMILY.

POLY GALA, Milkwort. Low p l a n t s , incarnata—native. Lapham. sanguinea—native. Lapham, Cook county, Babcock. cruciata—native. Vasey, Cook county, Babcock. verticillata—nat ve. Lapham; Cook county. Babcock. ambigua—native, Lapham. senega, seneca snake root—native. Lapham, Brendel; Cook county, var. latifolia, T. and G. — native polygama—native. Lapham, Cook county, Babcock. paueifolia, Willd—Cook county, Hill. R a r e .

Babcock.

L E G U M I N O S / E — P i LSE FAMILY.

LUPINUS, Lupine— mostly herbs. perennis, wild lupine—native, Bebb, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. polyphyilus -cultivated for o r n a m e n t from Oregon and California. Hardy perennial, mutabilis—cultivated as an annual from South America, densiflorus—cultivated from California, albus—cultivated from Europe, hirsutus—cultivated frmn Europe, luteus—cultivated from E u r o p e . CROT AL ART A, Rattlebox. - -he rbs. sagittalis—native. Lapham, Brendel. CYTISUS or SAROTHAMNUS -Broom, scoparius, Scotch Broom.— Shrub cultivated from E u r o p e . Not hardy. LABURNUM.—Low t r e e . vulgare—Common Laburnum—Golden Chain—Bean Trefoil Tree. Cultivated for ornament. Not quite hardy at Alton. MEDIC AGO, Mecltek: sativa—Lucerne, Alfyfa or Spanish Trefoil. Cultivated for green fodder. Perennial. This plant, though early introduced into t h e United States, for some reason, does not get into general use like t h e red clover in t h e n o r t h e r n states. It appears t o be more cultivated in the south. Its value as a forage plant is about equal to t h a t of red clover. MELILOTUS, Melilot, Sweet Clover. alba, White Melilot, Bokhara or Tree Glover—adventive. Sometimes cultivated in g a r dens and for green fodder. Annual or biennial. TRIFOLIUM, Clover, Tree Foil. arvense, Rabbit-foot or Stone Clover*—native, Vasey; Tazewell county, Brendel. pratense, Red Oliver—short-lived perennial. Adventive from Europe, and cultivated for pasture, forage, hay and as a fertilizer. Especially valuable on t h e solvent soils in t h e southern part of t h e state, reflexum, Buffalo Clover—annual or biennial. Native, Gray; Cook county, Babcock. stonloniferum, Running Buffalo Clover—native. Lapham. repens, White Clover—native. Lapham, Cook county, Babcock. k ' But this is generally introduced though indigenuous n o r t h w a r d , ' ' says Gray, procumbens—naturalized from E u r o p e . L a p h a m . PETALOSTEMON, Prairie Clover. violaceus—native, L a p h a m . Cook county, Babcock. Champaign, Macauley. foliosus, Gray—Kane county, Truesdell; K a n k a k e e , Hill. But few specimens found, candidus—native, Lapham. Cook county, Babcock. Champaign, Macauley. DALE A—mostly herbs. alopecuroides—native, Lapham. Cook county, Babcock. AMORPHA, False Indigo, Shrubs. fruticosa—False Indigo. Native, Lapham. Cook county, Babcock. Fulton county, Wolf, canescens, Nutt—very common on prairies and b a r r e n s . Champaign county. PSORALEA—perennial herbs. onobrychis—native. Lapham. melilotoides—native. Lapham. F • tioribunda—native. Lapham, Cook county, Babcock. ONOBRYCHIS—Sainfoin. sativa—cultivated from E u r o p e as a fodder plant. Not hardy north.