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recommended ought to be employed. This may consist of two parts fibrous loam to one 

 each of leaf soil and peat — the latter not being indispensable — with sharp sand freely 

 added. In each and every case pot firmly. The taller-growing species are most 

 suitable for clothing pillars and rafters in greenhouses and conservatories, but may be 

 kept fairly compact by topping the more advanced growths during the summer. Pruning 

 should take place soon after the plants have flowered, or not later than the early part of 

 May. It ought to be carried out somewhat severely with a view to having abundance 

 of fresh young wood for flowering the following spring. When the plants start growing 

 afresh, or about a fortnight after pruning, they ought to be turned out of the pots, have 

 the old balls of soil and roots reduced in size considerably, and then returned to nearly 

 or quite the same sized pots they were in previously. When recovered from this severe 

 treatment and growing freely, arrange them, as well as quite young plants, on a bed of 

 ashes in a sunny position, and take good care they never suffer through want of water, 

 acacias requiring liberal supplies of this. It is a good plan to shield the pots from very 

 hot sun. The plants ought to be housed early in October, and if well furnished with 

 firm, ripened shoots, abundance of flowers should result, under ordinary greenhouse 

 treatment, during the following spring. 



Selection 



arm ata, a native of Australia; height, 6 to 10 feet; 



flowers, yellow, produced singly : April. 

 Drummondi, Swan Eiver; height, 8 to 10 feet; 



flowers, pale lemon yellow, produced in drooping 



spikes : April. 

 longifolia magnifica, Australia; height, 10 feet; 



flowers, yellow, in loose spikes : March. 



Acacias. 



GRANDIS, West Australia, dense growth ; height, 6 to 



12 feet; flowers, yellow, globular in form and 



numerous : February to May. 

 platyptera, Swan Eiver ; height, 3 feet ; flowers, 



yellow, in solitary heads : March. 

 LINEATA, Australia; height, 6 to 10 feet; flowers, 



yellow, globose, in arching sprays : March. 



acrophyllum venosum.— This New South Wales shrub is worthy of inclusion 

 in the more extended collections of greenhouse plants. It is an evergreen, of a neat, 

 erect habit of growth, but in its natural habitat attains a height of 6 feet ; flowers 

 pinkish white, in dense axillary spikes, freely produced from April to June inclusive. 

 It is propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, these being inserted firmly in pans 

 or pots of sandy peat soil, placed in a greenhouse, covered with either a hand-glass or 

 bell-glass, and kept properly shaded. When rooted, pot singly, using 2-inch pots 

 and peaty soil. Top, if necessary, to make the plants bushy, and shift into larger sizes 

 according as the plants require more root room, doing this in February. Use the same 

 kind of soil as for acacias, and press it down firmly. During the summer they may be 



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