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Its bright red flowers are sometimes produced in great profusion 

 and form a charming contrast to the vivid green foliage. It is 

 popularly known as " Tulip-flower " or " Chandelier-flower." 

 The latter name was given to it through a fancied resemblance 

 the arrangement of the flowers has to a chandelier. Of the five 

 species of Banksia only one, B. integrifolia Linn, f., attains the 

 dimensions of a large tree. The remainder are small trees or 

 tall or dwarf shrubs. All these species are popularly known as 

 " Honeysuckles," and generally grow on the poorer classes of 

 country. Thymelece are fairly common, and a few members are 

 widely distributed. Several species of Pimelea are pretty flowering 

 shrubs, but a few are suspected poisonous plants. One of the 

 tallest and most floriferous is P. ligustrina Labill., var. hypericina. 

 I have grown this variety for several years, and it is a most 

 attractive plant in a shrubbery. Wikstrcemia indica C. A. Mey. 

 is a very conspicuous shrub when in fruit, as its red drupes are 

 often produced in great abundance. From the bark of both 

 these plants, and several allied ones, very tough fibre can be 

 obtained which was formerly largely employed by the aborigines 

 for various purposes, and is still used by many white settlers. 

 The bark of most species is more or less acrid, and may eventually 

 prove of some medicinal value. No less than twenty-seven 

 genera, forty-nine species, and several varieties are included 

 under Buphorbiacece. . They consist of trees, shrubs and herbs, 

 and occur in greater or less abundance over nearly the whole of 

 this area. The bark of several species possesses medicinal pro- 

 perties and the milky juice of others is acrid and poisonous. 

 Landowners suspect many of the shrubs and herbs of poisoning 

 stock, and some species I have received for identification are said 

 to cause " Red-water " in cattle. Owing to their inconspicuous 

 flowers, none of the species are regarded as interesting from a 

 horticultural point of view, although several of them have hand- 

 some foliage. In this category may be included Carumbium 

 populifolii'.m Heinw., of which I have seen a beautiful variegated 

 form which would be an ornament to any garden. The older 

 leaves in the typical form often assume various shades of red and 



