THE WATTLES. 
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The lightwood, Acacia implexa, is another of the 
light-flowered section of Acacias, and is frequently 
to be found in coastal areas. 
Acacia salicina, the “willow wattle,” so called from 
the similarity of its foliage to that of the willow, is a 
very decorative species. Its flowers are bright and 
yellow and the foliage at times assumes a glaucous or 
bluish colour. 
Acacia acinacea, is one of the best of the shrub 
Wattles. In the northern districts, particularly in 
the clay soils of the Goulburn valley, it grows in sym- 
metrical bush or shrub form, the flower-masses being 
very abundant. 
Acacia myrtifolia, the myrtle-leaved Acacia, is a 
fine type of the low bush form, with pale lemon- 
coloured and fragrant flowers with dark green 
phyllodes. From its habit of furnishing ample 
growths well out from the base of the plant, it should 
make a very good garden hedge plant. 
Of the Wattles with prickly foliage, the “Kangaroo 
thorn,” Acacia armata, is the best. This is the prickly 
Acacia that has long been used for hedge purposes. 
It is extremely variable when grown from seed, the 
resultant seedlings showing all shades of colour from 
pale lemon to deep orange. Notwithstanding its 
objectionable thorns, this is one of the finest of 
Acacias, and a good hedge of it, well kept, is a most 
desirable adjunct to a garden. 
There are only four forms of the bipinnate Acacia 
native to Victoria, two of which, the Black and the 
Silver Wattles, are well known. Acacia dealbata, 
the latter, is so called from the silvery appearance of 
