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luxuriance of its golden ilovvers, held on peduncles slightly 

 shorter than the leaves, when in full bloom. 



Climbers and twiners ran riot, vying with each other for 

 pride of jilace. The long, glossy leaves of the Beaked Marsdenia, 

 Marsdcnia rostrata, Tecoma ausiralis, var. Latrohei, and the 

 cord-like growth of the Woml:>at Berry, Enstrephus Brownii, 

 Appleberry, Billaydiera scandens, two specfies of clematis — C. 

 microphylla and C". aristata — and the parasite, Cassytha melantha. 

 almost smothered the other vegetation. Among the smaller 

 plants nestling on the banks were Stellaria iiiiiltiflora, S. pungens. 

 Oxalis corniciihita, Bauera rubioides, Helichrysum lucidum, H. 

 semipapposinii, P/atylobimn formosum, Siegesheckia orientalis. 

 Brachycomc diversijolia, Viola hederacea, Veronica Derwentia. 

 Opercidaria varia, Galimn australe, Cygnoglossum australc, 

 Poranthera- uiicrophylla, Stackhousia linarijolia. Pelargonium 

 australe, and all the hollows and crevices of the rocks were 

 occupied by the Rock Fern, Notholcena {Cheilanthes) tenui folia. 

 The shrubs comprised the Round-leaved Lilac. Prostanthera 

 rotundijolia, ^lyrtle-leaved Acacia, Acacia myrti folia, Prickly 

 Geebung, Persoonia jnniperina, Gorse Bitter-Pea. Daviesia 

 ulicina, Prickly Bush-Pea, Pitlten<za jnniperi)ia, Large-leaved 

 Bush-Pea, P. daphnoides. Narrow-leaved Geebung, Persoonia 

 linearis, Shrubby Spurge, Phyllanthits Gunnii, and Tree Hakea. 

 Hakea eriantha, which latter here attains the height of a small 

 tree, and its fruits are locally known as " hickory nuts " ; but 

 pride of place must be awarded to the Long-leaved Waxflower. 

 Eriostemon iiiyoporoides, which was in gorgeous floral array, 

 and well deserves the attention lately being given to it by 

 nurserymen, as it is a beautiful shrub, having a very long 

 blooming period. Midst all this wealth of vegetation, only one 

 solitary Kurrajong, Brachychitoii popnlneiis, was observed. 

 The introduced weeds Verhascnm Thapsus and Spurious Mullein, 

 V. Blatiaria, both belonging to the order Scrophulariaceae, 

 flourished by the roadside, the former in places attaining a 

 height of eight feet. 



Shady Creek descends precipitously to join the Tambo, and 

 some few years ago, when the bridge was washed away by 

 floods, all the passengers, mails, and produce for the whole 

 district beyond, and as far up as Glen Wills, had to be taken 

 across in a box suspended on a wire rope for a period of about 

 five weeks. Only those who know the district and nature of 

 its requirements can appreciate the magnitude of this under- 

 taking. 



Among the many windings of the road was one known ab 

 Shady Cutting, which is so overshadowed by the abrupt hill- 

 sides that the sun's rays never reach it during the winter 



