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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



A. cuUriformis. — One of the most beautiful species. 

 The name implies that the leaves, or phyUodes, re- 

 semble in form the blade of a knife, but it is a very 

 short blade. They are bluish-green in colour, and 

 .termiuate in a sharp bristle-like point. Flowers 



A. floribunda. — PhyUodes three to six inches long, 

 linear, tapering at each end, light green. As its 

 name implies, very floriferous. Spikes long, bear- 

 ing a profusion of its rich yellow flowers during 

 May and June. 







Fire Xing. 



Abtitilons. 



Vexillarium (variegated). 



-are produced in long racemes in great profusion, 

 -globose, and rich yellow. Spring and early summer. 

 A. Drummondii. — This forms a dense and compact 

 ■shrub, and if only one species of Acacia can be ac- 

 commodated in a collection, this should be the one 

 .selected. The leaves are pinnate, and dark green ; 

 flowers, straw-colour, and borne on long cylindri- 

 cal spikes in great abundance. Spring and early 

 .summer. 



A. grandis. — This and A. grandiflora are very 

 similar plants, if not one and the same species. It 

 is a dwarf, compact, twiggy plant, with small dark 

 green pinnate leaves. The globular heads of yellow 

 flowers are furnished with long petioles, or foot- 

 stalks, and thus the whole plant presents a, mass of 

 golden-yellow bloom. One of the very best kinds. 

 Spring months. 



A. graveoUns. — A fine, bold-growing plant, with 



