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mentioned hops, and he mentioned federation. He voted against 

 federation last lime, and was going to jump on it with both feet ; 

 we couldn't compete against Tasmania in hop-growing, and he 

 was going to be ruined. This was almost the only grumbling I 

 heard on a long trip. 



The Eucalypts observed by me in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of Bright were E. amygdalina, stellulata, coriacea, sieber- 

 iana, gicnnii, stuartiana, and viminalis — a poor lot of timber 

 trees. Acacia pravissima, F. v. M., is very abundant — a shapely, 

 small tree ; it must be handsome when in full flower. The Silver 

 Wattle, A. dealbata, Link., is also common, and Leptospermum 

 lanigerum and L. scoparium appeared to be the commonest 

 Tea-trees. 



On the way to Eurobin the White Gum, E. viminalis, has the 

 flowers, in some cases, in more than threes. Bceckia crenatifolia, 

 F. v. M., found near Eurobin Falls, is a shrub with drooping 

 foliage and white flowers, and is, I believe, the most beautiful 

 plant I met with in the whole of my trip ; this is high praise. I 

 went to the Buckland River, 13 miles, and had a fine view of 

 Buffalo Range on our right. (The guide books will fill in this 

 hiatus.) I noticed a marvellous number of rabbits, and this is 

 very poor collecting ground for the botanist — it could hardly be 

 worse, consisting chiefly of E. amygdalina (Peppermint), bracken, 

 and so forth. 



Near Wandiligong I collected Olearia glandulosa, Benth., and 

 Callistemon pithyoides, Miq., both in a swamp, while Cassinia 

 aculeala, R. Br., was common along the road. Here and at 

 other parts of the district I noticed a " swamp gum/' a form of 

 E. gunnii. E. amygdalina was in enormous preponderance, but 

 there was some Apple, E. stuartiana. Lomaria alpina, Spreng., 

 occurs at Wandiligong, which appears low. It is a fern which 

 ascends to the summit of Mt. Koscuisko, and is found on most of 

 the Alpine mountains. 



On the Tawonga road I noticed Coprosrna billardieri, J. Hook., 

 Grevillea alpina, Lindl., Pomaderris apetala, Labill., Lythrum 

 salicana, Linn., and Correa lawrenciana, J. Hook. — large hand- 

 some bushes, here and at the Buckland. Bursaria spinosa, Cav., 

 of North-Eastern Victoria, is found on the banks of watercourses 

 or on flats, and is a far handsomer tree than as it occurs in the 

 greater portion of New South Wales. It is well worthy of culti- 

 vation for its large masses of creamy white blossoms, which 

 exhale a pleasing perfume. 



We now undertake the most important part of the trip — from 

 Harrietville to the Hospice on Mt. St. Bernard. The journey is 

 a most impressive one, the scenery being grand beyond descrip- 

 tion, while the air, particularly on a cloudy morning, is redolent of 

 Eucalyptus — in this instance chiefly the pleasing-scented E. 



