GEEEN- HOUSE PLAXTS. 



lanceolate ph^-llodes, up^vards of four inches long, green, furnished with a pair of long sharp spines at 



tapering at each end, and bright green. The the base ; flowers globose, on long foot-stalks, golc'en- 



globular heads of flower are usually produced in yellow. Spring and early summer, 



pairs from the axils of the leaves, bright yellow, A. platyptera, the Winged Acacia, so called on 



and sweet-scented. This is a ver^" effective kind, account of the broad leafy wing, which extends or. 



the shoots being clothed with racemes of bloom both sides of the stem ; flowers produced upon long 



twelve to eighteen inches in length. Spring months. spikes, rich deep yellow, very showy . March and May. 



A. lineata. — Phyllodes linear, lanceolate, and dark A. ovata. — A beautiful dwarf plant ; the phyllodes 

 green. The globose heads of flower are briglit are small, closely set, ovate, and dark green; the 

 yellow, on long foot-stalks; a very showy species, flowers are 1 right golden- yellow, upon long foot- 

 flowering in the early spring months. stalks, and are freely produced. Spring months. 



Acacia Eiceaxa. 



A. longifoUa. — A fine bold-growing kind, with 

 lanceolate dark green phyllodes ; the flowers are pale 

 yellow, on long loose spikes. April and ^lay. 



A. lophantha. — This species is not remarkable for 

 its beautiful blooms ; 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 deor)ration of a 

 dinner-table. Xow named Albizzia lox)hantha. 



A. paradoxa. — Phyllodes oblong lanceolate, bright 

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A. Eiceana. — 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 Robert Brown gTOwing 

 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 golden- 

 yellow flower, it is a picture never to be forgotten. 

 March to June. 



A. rotund'ifoJia resembles in general appearance 

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

 phyllodes obliquely rounded, dark green ; flov.-ers 

 globose on long foot-stalks, deep yellow. Spring 

 and early summer. 



