SOME SPECIMENS OF AUSTRALIAN FAUNA, AND FLORA. 



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Small space has been left for a notice of such marvels as the bottle-tree, 

 and such beauties of Australian vegetation as the flame-tree. The Sydney 

 or Queensland visitor in the summer season may see in full bloom, in the 



The Bottle-Tree. 



Illawarra bush, the local 'flame-tree' (Sterculia acerifolia). The tree bears 

 a profusion of scarlet racemes of flowers, and of large bright green leaves. 

 The foliage sheds itself to make room for the profuse inflorescence, so that 



