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shrub, very ornamental, in the flower garden, generally 

 flowering in a rich loam from May to September, and is 

 hardy. The racemes axillary, leaves are pinnate, and the 

 stem hispid. The flowers are drooping, racemes of rosy 

 pink, the flowers in the form of pea blossoms, clustered and 

 fascinating in appearance, commanding the admiration of 

 persons possessing the least taste for flowers. 



This plant is propagated by suckers, or grafted on the 

 common Locust from one to three feet from the ground, 

 according to fancy. This shrub flowers better when graft- 

 ed than when on its own bottom ; not only so but the flow- 

 ers are larger. These plants should be grafted in the 

 spring; the operation is performed in the usual way of 

 grafting fruit trees. There are some fine varieties from the 

 East Indies which require to be cultivated in the green- 

 house. The finest of this species is A. Laphantc, the blos- 

 soms of which are a clear sulphur yellow, of most imposing 

 beauty ; even the delicate foliage with its pinnated leaves, 

 which resembles the sensitive plant, is an ornament inde- 

 pendent of the external beauty of the flowers. It is some- 

 what doubtful if this plant would suit the parlor, as the 

 least frost would be detrimental, unless the heat of the room 

 be such as to exclude the frost entirely, and if the heat was 

 not uniform would be also injurious. A. Saligna, com- 

 monly called the " willow," is another variety, from New 

 South Wales, and was introduced in 1818; not so tender 

 as the other, will grow ten feet high. The leaves are more 

 in the shape of the Oleander leaf, only more blunt at the 

 end, quite entire, the flowers yellow, the seed pod contracted 

 between the seed. There is no doubt this variety would 

 do well in the parlor, being a free bloomer, and will with- 



