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low shrubs, having by no means so many nor such vigorous roots. It should be 
potted in the common mixture of sandy loam and heath-soil, leaving the main roots 
a little elevated in the centre of the pot. During the first stages of its growth, it 
may be desirable, in order to render it bushy, to give it a little pruning ; but if 
properly managed as regards light and air, it will not need much of this afterwards. 
Our subject should be placed in a part of the greenhouse where it will not be 
either shaded or crowded, and its stems should be prevented, by timely pruning, 
from becoming long and bare. This is one of the chief defects of Acacias ; and it 
is the more displeasing because it may be so easily obviated. 
Cuttings taken from the tops of the shoots will form roots, though but slowly, 
if treated in the ordinary manner. 
