FLOWERS OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA. 



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Trees : Acacias, Eucalyptus, etc. 



All the Australian or New Zealand Acacias, known in the 

 bark trade as the " Wattle trees," and in the flower trade as 

 11 Mimosa," have found a new home on the Riviera. Several 

 dozen species grow there luxuriantly, and become large trees or 

 shrubs in a wonderfully short time. 



Five species are largely used for floral decorations, but one of 

 them is pre-eminently " the Mimosa " proper, as Eucalyptus 

 Globulus is essentially " the Eucalypt." 



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Fig. 1. — Acacia dealbata. 



Acacia dealbata (fig. 1) is the sweetest and most graceful, 

 the most feathery, and the finest foliaged of all the winter 

 Acacias. It grows to be a large tree, and develops its yellow 

 flowers, which look like stringed beads of the finest silk, as soon 

 as it is three or four years old. A large tree of this species all 

 ablaze with the sunshine on its golden fleece is indeed a beauti- 

 ful sight. 



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