ROBINIA, OR FALSE ACACIA. 



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Among the varieties of the species, best worth culti- 

 vating for their appearance and deviation from its normal 

 form, are the R. p. umbraculifera, Parasol Acacia ; R. p. 

 pendula, Weeping Acacia ; R. p. sp>ectabilis, a thornless 

 variety, with large leaves and of rapid growth, raised 

 from seed at St. Denis by M. Descemet, and R. p. stricta, 

 Upright-growing Acacia. 



