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A GARDEN FLORA 
pests, from which it seems quite immune in the open 
air. 
*A. vitilolium. Chile. 
Is practically hardy, growing in an open position. 
Plants now five years old have stood 20 degrees of 
frost. They are never long-lived. The colour of 
the pale, lavender-blue flowers is the most delicate 
in the garden. 
fA. Hybrid, vars. — 
Boule de Neige. 
La Triomphe. 
ACACIA. Leguminosse. 
fA. armata. Australia. 
*A. baileyana. Australia. 
The grey-blue, feathered leaves are more compact 
and more vivid in colour than those of A. dealbata, 
and form a very effective background for the 
racemes of yellow flowers. Two specimens were 
planted out in April, 1914, by way of experiment. 
They are now about 13 feet high, and have stood 
two winters in the open successfully. Both plants 
flowered in February, 1916, and were unharmed 
by 10 degrees of frost, but 19 degrees in late March 
withered the flowers, and spoilt much of the beauty 
of the leaves. 
*A. dealbata. The Silver Wattle. Australia. 
Height 37 feet. Acacia dealbata, despite many 
vicissitudes, has flowered freely during the past 
mild winters. Several times it has been cut down 
by frost to the level of the protecting wall, but its 
vitality is wonderful, and young shoots soon replace 
the withered branches. 
*A. decurrens. Australia. 
fA. Drummondii. Australia. 
fA. juniperina. Australia. 
fA. pycnantha. Australia. 
*A. riceana. Tasmania. 
A shrub, 9 feet high, which has grown in a sheltered 
position for two years. The spring frosts of 1916 
cut the branches back a little, but it had flowered 
and grown well previously. 
tA. verticillata. Australia. 
