For some results of seven pre-sowing treatments on seed germination see Aveyard (1968).<P>Wool may be dyed with <I>A. decurrens</I> leaves to yellow or green depending on the mordants used, Martin (1974).<P>Although <I>A. decurrens</I> is listed as being grown in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in 1871, 1878, the first recorded specimen in the herbarium is from Aldgate made in 1944 by Professor J. B. Cleland.<P><I>A. decurrens</I> is now naturalised in New Zealand, Webb et al. (1988), and occasionally persists in California.