APPLIED ART. 



\'ery many more cxam])los could Ix; given of the utilisation of tlu; Waratali 

 in W'oodcarving. One of the tuiest specimens is now on b(jard the Australian 

 man-o'-war, " Parramatta." It is here used in the decoration of the box, made 

 of Silky Oak, containing the Union Jack, both of which wore presented by the 

 ladies residing on the shores of the Parramatta Ri\er. 



Fig- 65. Fig. 66. 



Thus we see, from the many illustrations given, that, after a hundred years 

 of occupation of this continent by the Anglo-Saxon race, the plant which, 

 above all others, and without the aid of leagues and societies, has characterised 

 our world of Applied Art is 



' THE WARATAH." 



And long may it 

 "Be still the glory of this land. 

 Happiest •work of finest hand." 



