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BOTANY OF NORTH-EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES 

 By Fred. Turner, F.L.S., F.R.H.S,, etc. 



Introduction. 



North-Eastern New South Wales, considered from a botanical 

 point of view, is one of the most fertile and interesting sections 

 of country on this continent. It comprises the region lying 

 between the Macpherson Range, the boundary of this State and 

 Queensland, and the parallel 32° South. The western boundary 

 is the meridian 152° 20' East as far south as the parallel 31° South, 

 thence it is the meridian 151° East. It is bounded on the east 

 by the South Pacific Ocean, the coast line being approximately 

 350 miles long. It has an area of about 18,750 square miles. 

 The physical features of the western portion of this region consist 

 of rugged mountain ranges, principally spurs from the Great 

 Dividing Range, with deep ravines and several prominent peaks, 

 a series of plateaux, very steeply and gently undulating country, 

 and some fairly level land. The eastern division consists for the 

 most part of low ranges and isolated hills, steeply and gently 

 undulating country, also considerable tracts of comparatively 

 level land. The principal soils of the North-East are volcanic, 

 alluvial, clayey and sandy. Over a great part of this area the 

 soil is of great depth and very fertile; abundant crops of excellent 

 produce of a semi-tropical character are annually raised on 

 cultivated areas. The pasturage, which is composed of indigenous 

 and acclimatised grasses and herbage, provides rich feed for large 

 herds of cattle and other domestic herbivora. 

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