Aug^.l i'lTCHKK AND SxicKLAXD, A ll'ci'k at McwysviUc. 53 



formerly the country residence of the late Hon. James Munro. 

 Returning to the main road, we journeyed for six miles over hilly 

 and pictiu'esquely beautiful country, for the last two or three 

 miles along road's edged with abundance of liowers, the most 

 ))rominent being the rich Golden Goodia. G. lotifolia, bright 

 purple Indigo, Indigofcra aiistralis. ])ink and white forms of 

 " Pink Eyes." Tetrathcca ciliata. golden-l)rown Bitter-Peas and 

 Bush-Peas. Daviesias and Platylobiums, yellows of the Acacias 

 .4. stricta, A. longifolia, var. mucronata, and A. verticillata, and 

 the pink and white forms of Native Heath. Epacris impressa ; 

 then, descending, reach Marysville by half-past two p.m. The 

 \illage is located in a valley almost entirely surrounded by 

 mountain ranges, and sj^ecially nestled on the Steavenson River, 

 at the foot of Mounts Grant and Bismarck. It is authori- 

 tatively stated by Mr. J. (i. Saxton. of the Lands Department, 

 that Healesville, which is about 40 miles from Melbourne, was 

 so named in honovu' of the Hon. Richard Heales, Chief Secretary 

 of Victoria. i85(), and Marysville. which is 22 miles from Heales- 

 ville, after Mary, the daughter of Mr. Heales. 



We were not very long in finding what proved to be 

 comfortable lodgings at " The Chestnuts." so named after two 

 fine specinreiis of these English trees immediately in front of 

 the house. Tliey form part of a row of those trees, \vhich are 

 planted along the main roadside. After a late luncheon we 

 viewed the surroiniding scenery with much delight, crossing the 

 bridge over the Steavenson River, where it was flowing through 

 the village in a bright, sparkling stream about 15 feet wide, 

 and were soon at work searching for natiu"alists' treasures along 

 the Alexandra road as far as the bridge over the Taggerty 

 River, about two miles from Marysville. The most noteworthy 

 of plants, in beautiful full bloom, was Acacia pravissima, which 

 aboimded on either side of the road. The prevailing eucalypt 

 in this locality was the Narrow-leaved Peppermint. E. 

 a!iiygdali)ia : it was being cut for palings for fences by splitters, 

 wliom we saw al^ work there. 



On the morning of the following day we decided to visit 

 the famous Steavenson Falls. A tourists' and vehicular track 

 on a very level grade has been formed from the village to the 

 site of the falls, a distance of nearly three miles, and they can 

 be comfortablv reached with easy walking in an hour and a 

 half. The beautiful " Pink Eyes," with both [)rostrate and 

 erect stems, clotlied with its light pink blooms in tlieir very best 

 condition, and ranging in lengtli from six inches to three feet 

 in length, abounded all along the routi'. These plants, in 

 bloom, k-nt a bright colouring to most ol the various roads 

 and tracks subsequently traversed by us. Large patches of 

 Acacia leprusa, var. clongala, were met with in full bloom, and 



