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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  the 
  gardens 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  active 
  colonial 
  botanist 
  of 
  

   Queensland, 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Baile}'. 
  The 
  manual 
  of 
  the 
  Queensland 
  

   Flora 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bailey 
  is 
  full 
  and 
  convenient. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bailey 
  was 
  formerly 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  South 
  Australia 
  and 
  pos- 
  

   sesses 
  a 
  large 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  Australian 
  plants. 
  He 
  places 
  

   his 
  knowledge 
  most 
  freely 
  at 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  those 
  who, 
  like 
  myself, 
  

   have 
  during 
  a 
  hurried 
  journey, 
  only 
  a 
  limited 
  time 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  

   examine 
  localities 
  of 
  special 
  interest. 
  

  

  Attention 
  should 
  be 
  called 
  in 
  passing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  two 
  

   Americans 
  now 
  fill 
  positions 
  of 
  responsibility 
  in 
  the 
  colonial 
  de- 
  

   partments 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  These 
  are 
  Dr. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Cobb, 
  of 
  Sydney, 
  

   and 
  Professor 
  E. 
  N. 
  Shelton, 
  of 
  Brisbane. 
  Dr. 
  Cobb, 
  formerly 
  of 
  

   Worcester, 
  Mass., 
  studied 
  at 
  Jena. 
  He 
  is 
  now 
  conducting 
  inves- 
  

   tigations 
  in 
  animal 
  and 
  vegetable 
  pathology 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales. 
  

   Professor 
  Shelton 
  is 
  instructor 
  in 
  agriculture 
  in 
  Queensland. 
  The 
  

   writer 
  is 
  indebted 
  to 
  them 
  and 
  their 
  associates 
  for 
  innumerable 
  

   courtesies. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  remaining 
  gardens 
  in 
  Australia 
  proper, 
  I 
  had 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  examine 
  with 
  care 
  only 
  one, 
  namely, 
  that 
  at 
  Geelong. 
  This 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  colony 
  of 
  Victoria, 
  about 
  fifty 
  miles 
  from 
  Melbourne. 
  It 
  

   is 
  situated 
  delightfully 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Coris 
  Bay, 
  and 
  like 
  many 
  

   others 
  of 
  its 
  class, 
  is 
  practically 
  a 
  city 
  park. 
  Such 
  pleasure 
  

   grounds 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  country 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  prom- 
  

   inence 
  which 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  interesting 
  species 
  of 
  plants. 
  Not 
  only 
  

   are 
  foreign 
  plants 
  used 
  freely 
  for 
  decorative 
  purposes, 
  but 
  they 
  

   are 
  chosen 
  apparently 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  impart 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  distinc- 
  

   tive 
  features 
  as 
  a 
  botanic 
  garden. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  gardens, 
  

   large 
  and 
  small, 
  make 
  great 
  use 
  of 
  what 
  are 
  called 
  bush-houses. 
  

   These 
  are 
  simple 
  frame 
  structures 
  roofed 
  with 
  slats 
  having 
  gaps 
  

   between, 
  admitting 
  plenty 
  of 
  air, 
  but 
  affording 
  shelter 
  and 
  shade. 
  

   They 
  are 
  particularly 
  adapted 
  to 
  Ferns 
  and 
  Aroids, 
  and 
  lend 
  

   themselves 
  readily 
  to 
  artistic 
  treatment 
  of 
  foliage. 
  

  

  Tasmania. 
  — 
  In 
  this 
  colony 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  visiting 
  the 
  

   garden 
  at 
  Hobart. 
  In 
  this 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  

   given 
  to 
  trees, 
  especially 
  Conifers, 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  are 
  satisfac- 
  

   tory. 
  The 
  garden 
  is 
  picturesque 
  and 
  interesting. 
  Mr. 
  Francis 
  

   Abbott, 
  the 
  superintendent, 
  finds 
  himself 
  considerably 
  hampered 
  

   by 
  the 
  scarcity 
  of 
  available 
  labor, 
  but 
  he 
  makes 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   scanty 
  means 
  at 
  command. 
  The 
  island 
  itself 
  is 
  a 
  botanical 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  on 
  a 
  vast 
  scale. 
  Within 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  of 
  Hobart, 
  one 
  enters 
  

   the 
  thickets 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Wellington, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  

   Eucalypts 
  and 
  tree 
  ferns, 
  and 
  by 
  flowers 
  of 
  extraordinary 
  beauty. 
  

   Even 
  here 
  one 
  has 
  at 
  command 
  a 
  handbook 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  flora, 
  

   namely, 
  a 
  work 
  by 
  Rev. 
  Mr. 
  Spicer. 
  It 
  is 
  designed 
  for 
  schools, 
  

   but 
  it 
  answers 
  a 
  good 
  purpose 
  for 
  tourists 
  in 
  giving 
  descriptions 
  of 
  

   the 
  commoner 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  The 
  charming 
  walk 
  over 
  the 
  

   famous 
  Iluon 
  road 
  and 
  up 
  Mt. 
  Wellington 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  omitted 
  

   by 
  any 
  visitor 
  who 
  would 
  see 
  Tasmania 
  vegetation 
  at 
  its 
  best. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Gardens. 
  — 
  The 
  southernmost 
  one 
  visited 
  

   was 
  at 
  Dunedin, 
  in 
  Otago. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  modest 
  city 
  pleasure 
  ground, 
  

  

  