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tities o£ small white blossoms in January or February, and is 

 well worth growing as a " stand-by." Had the City Gardener 

 planted this tree in the North Adelaide Park Lands, on the 

 limestone soil, the result would have proved much better than 

 planting red gum, elms, Sec, which can only have a miserable 

 existence before they finally die off. The timber hns a 

 pleasant scent when burned, but if used as posts, is liable to- 

 be eaten and destroyed by beetles. 



Santahwi aciuninatum. — The Quondong, or Native Peach, be- 

 longs to the real Sandalwoods, and is one of those shrubs which 

 soon disappears with heavy stocking. Cattle breaking it down, 

 and sheep eating off the shoots soon kill the trees, and young 

 ones are very few and far between ; in fact, from my observa- 

 tion, 1 believe that to be swallowed by the emu is almost neces- 

 sary for the germination of its well-known seed. I can hardly 

 recommend it for general purposes as a fodder plant to be cul- 

 tivated, for, although its foliage is very nutritious, the plant 

 seems too tender except in rich moist nooks. Its very light 

 green leaves have a yellowish tint, which in shrubberies would 

 form a good contrast, and when covered with fruit of the 

 brilliant shiny crimson so w^ell known to bushmen is a very 

 striking object in the dull green usually around. 



Hreinopliila longifolia. — The Dogwood of bushmen, and named 

 by them from the offensive smell W'hich the leaves have when 

 crushed. The tree itself is not uncommon, and may be known 

 by its woody seed vessel, covered by a black shiny skin; by 

 its dull red blossoms, nearly two inches long; and drooping 

 leaves three to four feet long. It likes deep rich soil. Sheep 

 are exceedingly fond of its foliage, and they are apt to eat 

 even the twigs, so that when grown it is necessar}^ sheep should 

 only have occasional access to it. It is one of the first to be 

 barked by rabbits. Another species, E. Brownii, has a bright 

 scarlet-coloured flower, but the foliage is too scanty to render 

 the plant worth attention. It was common on the hard lime- 

 stones of Port Lincoln, but is now much scarcer there. 



Geijera parvifolia. — The Sheep Bush. Sheep onl}^ are particu- 

 larly fond of this bush, which grows on hard limestone soils, 

 and seems quite unaffected by droughts. It seldom grows more 

 than ten feet high, and has a number of small stems from the 

 crown of the roots. Ton will always find ever}' leaf eaten 

 oft" within reach of sheep, who eat it at all seasons. The seed 

 vessel always contains two small shiny black seeds, ripening at 

 the end of summer. The dense growth of this shrub gives a 

 good deal of shelter, and in its native state affords the kangaroo 

 shelter from the sun. I should like to see this shrub estab- 

 lished on all sheep farms. The specimen came from Telowie. 

 It ought never to be destroyed wantonly. 



