10 June, 1919.] 



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In the early history of Sydney, the settlers extensively carried out 

 the work of wattling, not at first with acacias, but with the flexitble 

 stems of the native tree called Callicoma, Later the stems of acacias 

 were used, and the term " wattle " has gradually become extended, so 



The Beautiful Wattle (Acacia pulchella). 



that it has applied to almost every species of acacia. The few excep- 

 tions are those which are called hickory, mulga, brigalow, wirilda, 

 myall, and similar names. 



It is now proposed, however, by the Plant Names Committee of the 

 Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria to confine the use of the word wattle 

 exclusively to those plants within the genus, which have been used, or 

 which are capable of being used for wattling. : ; 



