silk-tree

Perhaps cultivation might be extended; a good deal of ground that seemed fitted for spade or plough was overrun with a useless but beautiful shrub called the silk-tree.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Various 1836

Round his waist, and to sustain the toga, he wears a sash, generally made by the squaws out of the slender filaments of the silk-tree, a species of the cotton-wood, which is always covered with long threads, impalpable, though very strong.

Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet Frederick Marryat 1820

Round his waist, and to sustain the toga, he wears a sash, generally made by the squaws out of the slender filaments of the silk-tree, a species of the cotton-wood, which is always covered with long threads, impalpable, though very strong.

Monsieur Violet Frederick Marryat 1820

Women can enjoy a spritz of KenzoAmour, with notes of rice steam, musk, and frangipani blossom; L’Eau Par Kenzo, with dashes of silk-tree blossom; or FlowerbyKenzo, a beautiful garden of Bulgarian rose, Parma violet, and white musk.

Bold Bottles: Sophie Dawson Dawson, Sophie 2008