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aggression^of foreign invaders''. Tlie bulbous plants offer a 

 most determined resistance to other plants. Even South 

 African plants seldom spread when removed from their re- 

 stricted locality. A Mimosa (Acacia Iwrn'da, \\'illd.) was 

 planted in Wellington as a thank-offering lor a difficult journey 



Fig. 114. — The leaf tips of Flagel- 

 lar ia serve as a means of support. 



Fig. 115. — A Mimosa tree m Wellington. 

 Out of its natural habitat it thrives, but 

 does not spread as does its relative the 

 " Port Jackson " from Australia. 

 (Photograph by Mrs. Aiken.) 



successfully completed before the railwa)- extended to Worcester, 

 more than thirty years ago. Beautifully green in winter, in 

 summer it is a fragrant mass of golden flowers. Fruit and seeds 

 are produced in abundance, but still it stands the only Mimosa 

 tree in the vicinitv. However, it is much the same with 

 plants as wtth people who come to our shores. If they adapt 

 themselves to the conditions as they are, and make the most of 

 them, they are apt to thrive and find hospitable soil. 



Have you ever thought how different Johannesburg would 

 look without the Australian Blue Gums '!" How we should miss 



