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a quarter of a mile in length, also a signal station and residence 

 of the harbour master. From the look-out a splendid view 

 of Mount Singapore, Mount Hunter, and the granite ranges of 

 Wilson's Promontory can be obtained. Inland, over the fiats 

 of Port Albert and Tarraville, Mount Fatigue and Tom's Cap 

 can be discerned, and to the east a line of sand dunes and the 

 long wash of ocean rolling in and breaking in foamy surf on 

 the Ninety-Mile Beach. 



Lying about four miles to the north-east of Yarram there is 

 a large area of forest, which is under the control of the Forests 

 Department. A portion of the forest is fenced and held as a 

 reserve for future high school purposes. Under the guidance 

 of the forest ranger for this district, Mr. Harvey, an inde- 

 fatigable and enthusiastic guide, I spent a day collecting in 

 this locality. On setting out we were attracted by the 

 beautiful scarlet flowers of Kennedya nthicunda clambering over 

 the vegetation along the Tarra River, which we crossed about 

 a mile from the town. After proceeding along the main road 

 for about two miles we diverted to the left, and, passing the 

 cemetery, we soon reached the heart of the forest. Here many 

 of the eucalypts had obtained fair heights and proportions ; 

 the principal species represented were Yellow Stringybark, 

 Eucalyptus Muelleriana, White Stringybark, E. eugenioides, 

 Red Stringybark, E. macrorrhyncha, Messmate Stringybark, 

 E. ohliqua. Common Peppermint, E. amygdalina, Blue Gum, 

 E. globulus, Long-leaf Box, E. elceophora, Mountain Grey Gum, 

 E. goniocalyx, and Yellow Box, E. melliodora. The trees of 

 the latter were simply a mass of blossom, and bees and other 

 nectar-loving insects were swarming around them. Here I 

 was delighted with the beautiful blooms of Correa speciosa, 

 its bells of large red flowers presenting a pleasing appearance. 

 We also noticed a pretty little fragrant plant, Myosotis 

 suaveolens, and a Dwarf Currant Bush, Choretrunt lateriflorum ; 

 the latter is a small shrub with erect, slender, broom-like 

 branches and very diminutive scale-like leaves. A little 

 further on our track was enlivened by the showy yellow flowers 

 of PultencBa jiiniperina and the pretty Grevillea alpina, which 

 was covered with its curling clusters of crimson blooms. 

 Passing through some clumps of Acacia discolor, we noticed 

 for the first time Scavola hispida, one of the prettiest of our 

 smaller native shrubs. It was in full bloom, and its large 

 flowers, with sky-blue petals, were an inch or more in diameter. 

 Here and there an occasional Wild Cherry Ballart, Exocarpus 

 cupressiformis, and Black Sheoke, Casuarina suberosa, were met 

 with, their coniferous appearance adding variety to the scene. 



In many places Acacia oxycedrus had reached a height of 

 twelve feet or more, whereas, in its native element (upon the 



