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name of " Native Dog Rose," figured prominently. It is a 

 dainty little pink-flowered, straggling shrub, and well worth 

 cultivating in gardens. Patersonia glauca and P. longiscapa, 

 two charming plants which are widely diffused, were very much 

 in evidence : their petals are three in number — the former are 

 blue, and the latter a beautiful purple. Sowerbcza juncea, a 

 neat little liliaceous plant about a foot high, was fairly plentiful. 

 Its heads of flowers are nearly globular, and of a pale purple 

 colour. The composite plants Helichrysum Baxteri, H. 

 obtu si folium, H. bracteatum, Senecio lautus, and Olearia ciliata 

 were exceedingly abundant, and presented a beautiful colour 

 scheme, graduating from white to yellow and blue. The most 

 conspicuous leguminous plant was DiUwynia floribunda ; it is 

 a slender, pretty species, a foot or two in height, and bears a 

 profusion of almost sessile yellow flowers. Small plants of 

 Sebcea ovata and Erythrcea austral is were countless in number, 

 the colour of their flowers being yellow and pink respectively. 

 The latter is sometimes used as a tonic medicine, and seems 

 to be increasing in popularity as a domestic remedy. About 

 and upon everything Billardicra scandcns, often called 

 " Dumplings," entwined itself to a considerable extent, and at 

 times it was difficult to determine the character of the plant 

 over which it had spread. Its conspicuous cylindrical fruit 

 hangs in elegant festoons for several months of the year, and 

 when in blossom its lemon-yellowish flowers make it a desirable 

 acquisition as a climber about a verandah or trellis work. The 

 well-known leguminous climber or twiner, Hardenbergia mono- 

 phylla, with its racemes of small purple flowers, artistically 

 entwined itself around the eucalypt saplings and smaller shrubs. 

 This beautiful twiner has already found its way into the favour 

 of many gardeners, who, perhaps, are not even aware that it 

 is indigenous to our State. Among other interesting plants 

 it was a pleasure to find a fine patch of Boronia anemonifolia 

 in full bloom, in colours pale pink and also deep cerise, which 

 gave a charming effect to the scene. Some nice young plants 

 were secured for home cultivation, which I presented, on my 

 return, to the Curator of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens and 

 to the Principal of the Horticultural Gardens, Burnley. 



A drive from Yarram to Port Albert via Brewery Bridge and 

 Tarraville is a delightful trip. In times gone by a large brewery 

 stood by the bridge so named. The building has gone, but the 

 bridge remains. This is a favourite spot for picnic parties in 

 spring and summer, and many may be seen enjoying them- 

 selves under the shade of the eucalypts and blackwoods. The 

 charming climbers Clematis aristata and Tecoma australis were 

 among the most beautiful features of the vegetation, and at 

 this time were a perfect bower, scrambling over everything 



