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prolonged heat and drought of our larger 

 centres of industry a fact that has been 

 brought forcibly home to us by the behaviour 

 of these both in France and England during 

 unusually warm summers. When the whole 

 of the ordinary vegetation is burnt up, the 

 Lime and Elm looking seared and sickly, and 

 the holly dying out in quantity by the long- 

 continued drought and heat, the Acacia 

 stands nobly out in all its freshness of branch 

 and leaf, and, if anything, blooms all the 

 more freely for the scorching and want of 

 moisture to which it is subjected. Almost 

 by the hundred can the False Acacia be seen 

 in London and many other English towns, 

 thus proving that it is one of the most valu- 

 able trees that we possess for withstanding 

 the injurious effects of an impure atmosphere. 

 It is likewise one of the most ornamental of 

 trees, the great wealth of pure white flowers 

 and beautiful pea-green foliage being of the 

 richest description. What renders this 

 Acacia of greatest value as a town tree is that 

 it retains its rich verdure till well on in 



