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lanceolate phyllodea, upwards of four inches long, 

 tapering at each end, and bright green. The 

 globular heads of flower are usually produced in 

 pairs from the axils of the leaves, bright yellow, 

 and sweet-scented. This is a very effective kind, 

 the shoots being clothed with racemes of bloom 

 twelve to eighteen inches in length. Spring months. 

 A. lineata. — Phyllodes linear, lanceolate, and dark 

 green. The globose heads of flower are bright 

 yellow, on long foot-stalks ; a very showy species, 

 flowering in the early spring months. 



green, furnished with a pair of long sharp spines at 

 the base ; flowers globose, on long foot-stalks, golden- 

 yellow. Spring and early summer. 



A. platyptera, the Winged Acacia, so called on 

 account of the broad leafy wing, which extends on 

 both sides of the stem ; flowers produced upon long 

 spikes, rich deep yellow, very showy. March and May. 



A. ovata. — A beautiful dwarf plant ; the phyllodes 

 are small, closely set, ovate, and dark green; the 

 flowers are bright golden-yellow, upon long foot- 

 stalks, and are freely produced. Spring months. 



Acacia Biceaha. 



A. longifolia. — ^A fine bold-growing kind, with 

 lanceolate dark green phyllodes ; the flowers are pale 

 yellow, on long loose spikes. April and May. 



A. lophantha. — This species is not remarkable for 

 its beautiful Ijlooms : indeed, although they are pro- 

 duced on fair-sized racemes, the colour is such a pale 

 washed-out shade of yellow that they are by no 

 means attractive ;■ as an ornamental foliage plant, 

 however, it is quite charming. The leaves are 

 broad, pinnated, and divided into numerous small 

 segments, which are dark green ; when grown on a 

 single stem it is most effective, and in its young 

 state is admirably adapted for the decoration of a 

 dinner-table. Now named Aliizzia lophcmtha. 



A. p'aradoxa. — Phyllodes oblong lanceolate, bright 



A. Miceana. — This species makes long pendent 

 branches, which render it very suitable for training 

 on a pillar or roof of a conservatory. We are told 

 that "it was discovered by Eobert Brown growing 

 like a weeping willow upon the banks of the tribu- 

 taries of the river Derwent in Tasmania ; " and 

 certainly when trained to a roof, with its pendent 

 branches loaded with its globose heads of goldeu- 

 3'eUow flower, it is a picture never to be forgotten. 

 March to June. 



A. rotididifolia resembles in general appearance 

 A. ovata; it is, however, larger in all its parts; 

 phyllodes obliquely rounded, dark green; flowers 

 globose on long foot-stalks, deep yellow. Spring 

 and early summer. 



