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and may be grown as far north as Washington under 

 favorable conditions. 



A. hispida — Rose- Acacia. — This is a native of the 

 southern Alleghanies, and is one of the most hardy of all 

 the true acacias, and so is more largely known in American 

 gardens than any other. It is a small tree, blooming early 

 in spring, when it is covered with soft rose-colored but 

 scentless flowers. It is a vigorous grower, coming early 

 to maturity, and in every respect is desirable. But even 

 when found hardy it needs to be planted in a sheltered 

 position, as its wood is brittle and the limbs are easily 

 broken by high winds. In England it is often grafted for 

 the sake of gaining height, and as thus grown is very 

 fine. 



A. baileyana. — This is a native of Australia, and has 

 been but recently introduced to English and American 

 grounds. Mr. Watson of the Cambridge Botanic Garden, 

 in a letter written from London to Garden and Forest 

 some time since, says that he found it growing at Kew, 

 and that it does well in that location. It may not have 

 been tested very thoroughly in America as yet, but as 

 grown at Cambridge it is described as of a close, bushy 

 habit, with stiff, twiggy branches, thickly clothed with short, 

 bipinnate, glaucous leaves, with remarkable glandules on 

 the midrib. The flowers are in small-stalked, spherical 

 heads, deep yellow, fragrant, and produced in large panicles 

 on the end of the branches. In its native country it is 

 said to grow to a height of fifteen feet, but has assumed 

 no such proportions, as yet, in the hands of our horticul- 

 turists. It cannot be otherwise than an interesting plant, 



