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in a manner best suited to a bee's the acacia 



alighting. Their colour is a golden yel- This ornamental and interesting tree 



low, but in one variety they are pink is sadly in need of a name. As the result 



or purple. Two dark lines on the upright of one error it has been named Acacia, 



petals serve as guides to the concealed and of another Locust Tree. Botanists 



ACACIA. 



nectar. The fruit is in the form of a 

 yellow or brown pod. Several of these are 

 attached to a single stalk, and several 

 stalks form a cluster, which remains on 

 the tree all through the winter. \\'hen 

 ripe the pod opens, splitting lengthwise, 

 and the black seeds escape. 



speak of it as False Acacia, which is 

 sim])ly hbellous. Acacia " falsel}' so 

 called " would be more correct. White 

 Laburnum is misleading, and Garden 

 (or Gardener's) Acacia is almost equally 

 so. 



A considerably larger tree than the 



