7 j Hardy, The Forests of Victoria. [vui^xxxii 



Act reservations, winch cannot be reduced in area excepting 

 l>v consent of both Houses of the Legislature ; these reserves 

 include forests which produce the best milling timber, in 

 localities. Mich as haw Baw, Dandenong, Otway, Yarra, 

 Rubicon, Tambo, .Mount Cole, Gunbower, and comprising 

 species including Eucalyptus globulus. E. regnans, E. gonio- 

 calyx, E. obliqua, E. Muelleriana, E. rostrata, E. tereticornis, 

 E. Sieberiana, and E. Delegatensis, and also the box and iron- 

 bark areas of the Northern districts. 2. Land Act reservations* 

 of diminishing area, and revocable by order of the Governor 

 in Council. 3. Areas departmentally withheld limn settle- 

 ment pending the removal of the standing timber. 



In addition to the specific reservations, the whole of the 

 unoccupied Crown lands throughout the State, with a few 

 exceptions, and including those areas held under annual grazing 

 licence, and the remnants ol grazing leases from which selec- 

 tions have been made, have been proclaimed by Gazette notice 

 as "protected forest," and as such, as tai as control ol the 

 timber is concerned, are under the care of the state Forests 

 Department. Field naturalists will gladly learn that the 

 removal ol ferns and other interesting stream-side flora is 

 punishable iindei the Act. 



111. I ypES oi \i< torian Forest. 

 Pure Forest. Of the whole timbered area there is com- 

 paratively little thai can be regarded as pure or one-species 

 forest. Two species lay claim individually to certain anas. 

 and these, in appearance, grain, and coloui oi wood, othei 

 economii uses, and ecology, vary widely. They are Eucalyptus 

 rostrata, the Rivei Red Gum, and /•.. regnans, the Gianl Gum. 

 Along the Murraj and Goulbjim Rivers chiefly, and the low- 

 land portions ol theii tributaries, but also spreading ovei Hat 

 lands ol the south-wesl and fringing such watei spaces as 

 Lonsdale, and, by means ol water-courses, even pene- 

 trating the Mallee, the Rivei Red Gum flourishes, requiring 

 much moisture a1 foot, bul capable ol bearing high atmos- 

 phere temperatures. In quantit) and ,w<-.\ entitling ii to 

 the dignity ol forest, our must seek it in Gunbowei and Barmah 

 districts, 01 along the Ovens River, between Yarrawonga and 

 Wangaratta. Such f( e broken into al places and almosl 



traversed at others by highei ground bearing trees ol the box 

 type e.g., I hemiphloia, Grej Box, and E. bicolor, Black Box. 

 ilyptus regnans, Gianl Gum, is to be found at i1 bi si on the 

 southern slopes ol the sub-alpine regions ol Eastern Victoria 

 and the Otwaj R nd may bi found exclusively occupying 



comparatively larg( areas in such situations as Mount Bau Haw, 

 Mounl Dandenong, Beenak Rangi , Cerberean R • • .while 



