No.. 630. 
ACACIA MELANOXYLON, 
Class. Order. 
POLYGAMI4 MONECTIA. 
This was introduced, about the year 1808, 
from Van Diemen’s Isla t is of a 
robust habit, growing eueen and fast, 
and is said to form a good sized tree. The 
young shoots are angular, and the leaves 
havea greyish hue. Like the other species 
of this numerous family, when raised from 
seed, the first leaves are pinnate; after 
three or four, they become entire; but in 
this kind it is not unusual to find here and 
there a little branch, with a few pinnate 
leaves growing in pairs from the end of the 
entire leaf: this gives a plausibility at least 
to the theory of some, who suppose all the 
simple leaves of Acacia’s to be but petioles 
or leaf-stalks, and that the only true leaves 
are the pinnate ones. 
The flowers are produced from the axils, 
in branched heads of two or three together; 
they are pretty, but less shewy than many 
of the other sorts. 
The greenhouse protection is needed for 
