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ACACIA VESTIT A. 
nurseries. In the greenhouse it may be managed with little trouble being careful 
to supply it with plenty of water at the roots, but before watering it should be 
ascertained whether the soil be in a proper state to receive it or not. The best 
soil is an equal quantity of very sandy loam and peat. Cuttings do not root 
freely ; but these, preferring the young wood taken off at a joint, and planted in a 
pot of sand, under a bell-glass, may, if judiciously managed, be brought to put forth 
roots freely. Another method of increasing acacias is, by taking off pieces of the 
root, planting them in light soil, leaving the top part a little exposed, and plunging 
them in a little heat ; by this method, good plants are frequently obtained. 
The generic name is supposed to be the Greek name of some plant of the 
genuS; and taken by Willdenow in his revisal of the genus Mimosa, as the designa- 
tion of one of his new divisions *. 
* Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Plants. 
