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The Garden Magazine, December, 1920 
Acacia pubescens. Fragile, ethereal, in appearance this is too delicate 
outdoors even on the Coast, and is most largely cultivated in the East 
for the florist trade. Leaves feathery, flowers in showers of fluffy balls 
The type with 
short, broad and 
stiff phyllodia and 
solitary round 
flower heads along 
thebranches;does 
not blend well 
with other plants 
Acacia longifolia. With dark green leaves and elongated flower heads this 
species comes in several varieties showing shades of lighter or deeper yellow 
SOME DIVERSE FORMS OF FOLIAGE AND FLOWER AMONG ACACIAS 
yellow, in clustered racemes, and are borne in 
great profusion, literally covering the tree in late 
winter and early spring. Its growth is very rapid, 
resulting in a tree of considerable height. A. 
mollissima, often confused with the above in 
nursery catalogues, differs from it slightly in the 
character of the young shoots and in the length of 
the pod. 
A. decurrens is marked by its prominently 
angled branches. In growth it is similar to A. 
dealbata from which it differs in the matter of 
blooming. It has two periods of bloom, the first 
coming some time after A. dealbata has finished 
flowering. 
Other forms include A. Farnesiana (Popinac), 
grown in southern France for its perfume, with 
finely divided leaves and large, globular, deep yel- 
low and very fragrant flowers; A. Cavernia, which 
resembles the latter very much in form and habits 
of growth; A. cyclops, which may be classed with 
A. melanoxylon, although much smaller in size; A. 
extensa, a drooping form with hair-like foliage; A. 
penninervis, another drooping form with rather 
long leaves, having nerve-like margins; A. pendula 
(Weeping Myall) ; and many besides, all possessing 
some degree of merit. Acacia pubescens, which is 
a favorite of the florists of the East is quite rare in 
the Pacific Coast; indeed I know of its being grown 
in two places only, at Santa Barbara and at 
Berkeley. It is not very hardy outdoors but 
makes a most beautiful shrub for the conservatory 
in both West and East. 
