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THE ACACIA. 



blustering winds." Gilpin, says tliat it is often a very 

 beautiful tree, whether it feathers to the ground, as it 

 sometimes does, or whetlier it is adorned with a light 



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THK. ACACIA. 



foliage hanging from the stem. But its beauty is very 

 frail. It is of all trees the least able to endure the blast. 



