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also the Pointed Acacia, A. longifolia, var. miicronata, the 

 Silver Wattle, Acacia dealbata, Black Wattle, A. decurrens, 

 and the Blackwood. A. melanoxylon, were found with an 

 occasional spray of bloom still on them. In many cases the 

 stems of the native shrubs were clothed with the pretty blue 

 Love-Creeper, Comesperma vohihile. All along this valley walk 

 the Steavenson River is not very distant from us. The spaces 

 between the track and river are covered with bracken, and in 

 places large patches of the Common Lomaria, /.. discolor, with 

 the Shield and Bristle Ferns, Aspidium acideatmn and Blechnnm 

 cartilagineum ; while here and there were groups of the soft- 

 stemmed tree-fern, Dicksonia aiitavctica, and, standing sentinel- 

 like at spots all along the valley, the very stately Spiny- 

 stemmed Tree-Fern, Alsophila aiistralis, held aloft its beautiful 

 crown of fronds amongst the eucalypts. Many of the other 

 flowering plants noticed on our journey to Marysville were in 

 evidence here also, while the bright red-coloured foliage of the 

 very young sapling eucalypts helped to make the forest appear 

 quite brilliant. Numerous mountain shrubs and plants similar 

 to those met with in the Dandenong Ranges were noted here, 

 such as the Native Musk, Aster ari^ophylla. Woolly Tea-tree, 

 Leptospermiim lanigeriim. Manuka, L. scoparium, Blanket-tree, 

 Senecio Bedfordii, Hazel, Pomaderris apeiala, Christmas-Bush, 

 Prostanthera lasianthos. Native Mulberry, Hedycar.ya angiisti- 

 folia. Common C^otton-wood, Cassinia aculeata. Elderberry 

 Ash, Panax samhucifolius, and the Black Sedge, Gahnia radiila. 

 While Elder, SamJmciis Gaiidichaiidiana, Tough Pimelea, P. 

 axiflora, and the Sedge Grass, Carex vulgaris, var. Gaudi- 

 chaudianiim. At one spot an exceptionally extensive area of 

 large and robust plants of the Native Hoj), Daviesia latifolia. 

 was rendered very distinctive by its silvery-grey fohage. 



The Falls are in view for a few hundred yards before we reach 

 the end of the track, and the roaring, foaming mass of water 

 tumbling over the topmost cascade at a height of about 

 300 feet is a hue sight. The Falls consist of a series of five 

 cascades. The various widths of the stream as it l^reaks 

 itself up is from three to twelve feet. The last fall has a drop 

 of about 70 feet to the river-bed at the bottom. We have to 

 stand and admire its beaut}- for some time, and so much 

 enjoyed was this sight that, within the week, we visited the 

 spot on three different occasions. Scrambling uj) on the hill 

 at the side of the Falls we find the stitf-foliaged Alpine West- 

 ringia, W. scnifolia, Sjireading Heath Myrtle, Bceckca diffusa. 

 Bush-Pea, Pulteiura daphnoides. Mountain (irex'illcci, G. alpina, 

 Pale-fruited Ballart, Iixocarpus slricla. Sni;i]l (irass-tree, 

 Xaulhorrluia minor. Box-leaved Natiw Hoj), Daviesia ulicina, 

 var. ruscifolia, the Small-leaved Pomaderris, P. elaehopJiyUa, 



