FOREIGN NOTICES. 



A. cochharis is neat and compact^ and well adapted for large pots and the margins of conser- 

 vatory borders. Height, six feet. Phyllodes two inches long, linear, pointed, but not stiff, 

 rather hoary. Flower heads globular, small, produced in pairs, from the axis of the phyllodes. 

 Peduncles two-fifths of au inch long. This is a plant of rather slow growth, and it requires no 

 pruning. 



A. celastrifolia will flower well, even in small pots, but in 13-inch ones it forms a huge bush, 

 loaded so completely with flowers as hardly to render either phyllodes or pot perceptible. Phyl- 

 lodes about three inches long, and \^ inch wide ; branches forming, as it were, a very long pani- 

 cle, from thirty inches to three feet long; flowers whitish, sweet scented. This species is very 

 subject to scale, the best way of clearing which off is to cut it well in after flowering, and not 

 to be sparing of soft soap and water ; or, best of all, use Dominy's mixture. 



A. cyanophylla. — This forms a splendid object for the center of a lofty conservatory, growing 

 as it does to a great height, and producing large loose panicles of exquisitely bright yellow flow- 

 ers, which are large and highly scented. Phyllodes ten inches long, and 1|- inch or 1-^ inch in 

 diameter, very wavy, unequal sided. This plant, like celastrifolia, requires a periodical cleaning ; 

 it also stands pruning well, and it is much improved by it. No one in possession of a large con- 

 servatory should be without this desirable species. 



A. cygnorum has rather a pendulous habit, its branches being very slender and almost covered 

 with small pinnated leaves, which are composed of three pairs of leaflets, and it is also studded 

 with sharp spines ; leaflets l-6th inch long. Flowers much like rotundifoUa, but smaller. This 

 is certainly an excellent Acacia where variety is wanted, and it is admirably adapted for pots. 



A. Drummondi. — What is there to be desired in an Acacia that is not to be found in this? 

 Its habit, which is at once neat and compact, and its flowers, which are cons[;icuous and produced 

 in profusion, at once place it in the first ranlc. Its leaves are bipinnate, about an inch in 

 length, formed of three pairs of leaflets, from three-quarters to one inch long, composed of three 

 pairs of pinnules, which are of an oblong shape, 3-lOth inch long; and the petiole of both the 

 primary leaves and leaflets is slightly extended. Flower heads oblong, about an inch long, placed 

 on a peduncle, a\)out the same length, produced singly. Every one who only has room enough 

 for one Acacia should endeavor to obtain this one. The best place for it is the conservatory 

 shelf. 



A. d^pendens. — This is adapted for conservatory borders or large pots. It is of an upright 

 gi'owth, of a very dark color, and has linear phyllodes an inch in length. Spikes of flowers l^ 

 inch long, of a light yellow color, and not particularly conspicuous. This is a species that can be 

 kept to any shape by means of the knife. 



A. diffusa is suitable for pots, but it is loose in character, and requires the use of ligatures to 

 make it assume a nice shape. It makes shoots about one foot long in a j'car, and furnishes them 

 for about nine inches in length with flowers, which are produced in pairs from a single j)hyllode, 

 or in fours, fives, or sixes, when a pair or three phyllodes occur close together. Peduncle about 

 2-5th inch in length ; phyllodes linear, one inch in length ; margins of the phyllodes running into 

 a sharp point at the apex. Well worth cultivation. 



A. grandis. — Tiiis is one of the neatest and best of the genus for pot culture, forming as it 

 does, by simply stopping it, either a dense bush, or, with a little more attention, a fine pyramidal 

 specimen ; grown in the latter form it is certainly extiemely ornamental, either on a greenhouse 

 shelf or the margin of a conservatory border. Its leaves are pinnated, about 3-5th inch in 

 length, formed of eight pairs of leaflets, about J inch long; flowers globular, produced from the 

 axil of each leaf, either singly or in pairs ; peduncle ^ inch in length. This is a plant that de- 

 serves to be in every collection. 



A. ixiofihylla is not one of the best, but its earliness renders it worthy of cultivation. It is 

 well suited for pot culture, making a very pretty bush under ordinary attention. Its phyllodes 

 are linear, about H inch long ; flowers small, globular, produced singly from the axis of the phyl- 

 lodes. Peduncles 3-5th inch in length, 



A. lineala in all its stages makes a fine pot plant, but being of rather weak growth the 

 sticks and ligatures is necessary in order to form a nice specimen. A strong plant under oi' 



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