2 Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 2. Nr. 6. 



collecting of flowers there, and thanks to this there is a profusion 

 of flowers covering the ground in the spring. 



The study of this natural reserve gave me a splendid intro- 

 duction to the rich and peculiar flora of West Australia, and the 

 authorities greatly facilitated my studies by granting a special 

 permit for collecting. 



From Perth I made several trips by rail to more or less dis- 

 tant parts of the State: — to Armadale and Mundaring 

 Weir to study the flora of the western slopes of the Darling 

 Range, to Bays water and Gannington for the plants of the 

 alluvial plains, and to Gottesloe (near Fremantle) for the 

 strand flora. I made an interesting excursion to the Cave District 

 (YallingupCave)in the south-west corner of the state, and travel- 

 led by rail to Bridgetown and Big Brook State Mill to 

 obtain some impression of the Karri forest (Eucalyptus diversicolor) 

 the most luxuriant plant growth in the State. Later on I paid a 

 flying visit to Albany on King George's Sound to see the "pitcher 

 plant" (Cephalotus follicularis) in its native habitat along with the 

 otherwise rich flora of this botanically classical place. In order 

 to become acquainted with the flora of the arid interior I visited 

 Tam min on the way to Kalgoorlie, and also the famous 

 mining-town Kalgoorlie itself with its semi-desert surround- 

 ings. 



These excursions were planned to obtain what I should call 

 selected samples of the different kinds of vegetation occurring in 

 the south-western part of the State. 



As I was interested in obtaining some idea of the vegetation 

 of the more tropical parts of West Australia, I decided to leave 

 the State by means of a coasting steamer which runs from Fre- 

 mantle to Java, calling at a good many places along the north- 

 western and northern coast of West Australia. Thus I visited 

 Geraldton, Carnarvon, Point Sampson, Port Hedland, 

 Broome and Derby and had an opportunity of seeing the 

 vegetation of these tracts and of making collections. 



My stay in West Australia lasted from August to the end of 

 October, the best time of the year as regards the plant world; 

 and I brought home a fairly large collection (mostly herbarium 

 plants), the study of which will occupy some time. 



The flora of West Australia is fairly well known. Themain 

 sources are Bentham's Flora Australiensis and the publications by 



