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If'iilfi
sms
t&mid yfa'Ja&&ijiuki the '.abovec economic'
plants." IforihdrAhforfaffitf:oh! ob^tfiese 5bi
nuSber ofAhe South African Agricultural
jfbundif
form' ad
pbrfo&t^fend-by£' dfiitifoes' oSa#ffigh t.1
I The, "A3(gSEofe?!(;^v ^fosauitef^bdongi
the
gumi^ . seven?
sn species- ,of tlf^^eniis^OT#]^. distrif
ited in Kortn America, 'm Cabfornia, '
curriiig ill South Americft;dffie Species vary
he synonymous with.A.-duleis, and is the,
mostc,impojdant;ikiiid:®E the stribh. injlheifis''
highyiftndi lfriraund'!inaitbeAhdtliefAa)id 'drier
nu^.rainfoU,^ not pwreihan.ia|)out tWenfcy
liti^,^:'aybat| ^','^^t5l]|i.Ji.'jas Jowj.AeojiBP
inches. The tfoweirB tare ydlowiShiwhitii, fra
grant, and are borne'ih~spikes about two to
four inch^MlJ^ ^^ ptore yel
low, oir oiEeznangra with rea, ipjout four Ja
nine' irieheS 'loiri,1 and' oneAhird',6f ail5 inch,
>a> -JL j?IHS„i'JfcTj.b.-zL.II* •'<ii:T._L< Jl» '<J!iL' ■'
gfeat aepth';JaniT
tlie1'sUrfa<&,watet
.ah4r$»3tJ$'& -tifefp
than,about forty foeti that the jplapt i-feaches b
treblsiaa.fi cThe jtevelopinentoofrthe roots Ask
remarkable,„ena;tbpy?bften;attam5«ni.ehorT»i
mpps-jfize op,'^^fo,wiftfbteht$sonl3rvft Jk»;.i
foetshtgli'jif.ff,iruifahL _aat ni idlca xaoaq'i
mmm JUh%F§ has nbin vbaj^iraljgedi-m:
' seybjal^qhntrjes xW.tside.. t its «-natural v
raittje. •Ljfc.jjis yin.: #e.;]r^ner(i
:pa«S;|£ihhw;vttib. vnslan^ ,,>6f.r<i;.Jantti®ij,.
; ^Iwre ?ife.,grpwsf„m
aMCfeifflfiferftjtawgjg->M. Wk & -i W1*.
yeaE|i?gft:.
and,5npw,j^y^..an!,M^,^fkat least 50,000, r
acreij,... *
wo&fif£&#»r' o^,jWgs^&7^V?si^;
trees: make. foufe^t.&pmh, ^jdt reach,,
a hbignt~,bf 00 mjclL
purpgses.h^ j
'fupljjhnd ^^e,iK^tf,; s^, .'.aa^for kt^eir
waste'laudy.' ■ It has /also, beeh successfully
" *i^'&^-^(ls".fand';b!^iv
usedV.'for•"hrrestic .
ing bticKThilri' jimphn'ds- , !'Yoiuig pJahts ,lbl,
it hare
fall In vtro cbnsefcUtttb'^birs:^s 'T3,finches/,
in nne case and 14 inches Ah-the other.
In-localities w ith^hea<y—rainfallgj—wluch- -
■cause a thick growth of grass, the prosopis
is not likely to extend/its range by natural
reproduction, aiiit" ueanribt usompete with
: the. grass. - ....-■ - - — -
It seems that almost, wherever the tree
grows in other couriMeh0ft:3s naturally ex
tending jits ijan'ge by regeneratipnirpmkeed
.owing .to the" ktter;:being idisseSninated by "
;stoek,' z j. Wih&nntbe s pods ®rei tsatBh the -
smalh hard !-seeds viares not ^crimhedi ' au'd°
■ thei*: Tgepnihation is' ^f-pbabfe ;■Msteired'jbjp:
'their/bhihg hpfte^ed byj'thfsj.hihah^' "'JShcjfli'i
rthp(;ppcl^'Jf|ili ;fo ..thhAgrpiipd pnft.jtheihotj,
^tph.rfhejs^As pffoii'jdo not genhinateiiunr
/less,, the pods : are washed - down; «i to - soft ;
soih inndvtheh'!the ^eedlirigsiieSnife. sfpi'lib
•llfrifl* nlllbfhrc .Ifr/itVi( 'hTin ' tnilono'l ■
^.flii^p by; ;e^ere.>ieualwr4^fti;^ feteke^
•tpIaftPl' ,^uiulin> is Jlo^j - -.s ,M'&i
. In iitsr natural . habitat'5n Airierica<!the
ireeuiaaof' slbw^fowjths?|f'!'Sfobri'T01%>, h215
9W-; ^thpd.j?i^lj0ws,i^iMi*ip ityjtRfc
yeaj^.it^mayiiroachikfliiniainetpri.of^iBevesi ,
ipr eight inches.. ^iIitiHaWaii.dt igrhwsl taller; !
r and strfiighter! than^'inoMie- Unifod' States/
!,flnd''reaphhsu'beidht''p^fSOfor/fiO-feet'.':;'Tn
■t.
rtT,i.U,«' — ,'?U^5. iSfftrrt. --ray- ^wswi
fc.i T-he^iwoopi -iR heavgf haru, andiiiBlese^
grainea,irthcmgh .not VeiyS strong./iand' is
'of a richLf ddrk bfotriiJbr| red-!i^lourl -'Si-ith.
thinVVelloVM)^-^' ! ♦"—^ -»—
ry irepd is" 4?''I
»>F"
,Yvvf ipiu-nw. [aw. mm+tb-j owjtuews, ,
woodi^vfogp,aadf6cniturh,laiidsthet(vo&d!
dianB, i.wl^iBgrJndjptiiemianjtP: ctarse-flour.
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