AMONG THE PALMS 



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luxuriant vegetation, and, naturally, received the 

 greater share of attention. Palms reared their grace- 

 ful crowns above the scrub, Moreton Bay Figs [Ficus 



PALMS AND PARASITES (ORCHIDS AND FERNS). 



macrophylla~] displayed masses of glossy, green 

 foliage; and beautiful shrubs and creepers kept the 

 botanist busy with pencil and notebook. To many of 

 us, the lesser plants were unfamiliar, but we could 

 admire them without knowing either their popular or 

 scientific names. 



