AGRONOMICAL NOTES FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



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grew in park-like fashion, or on the margin of creeks, while very large 

 tracts were covered with Mallee, a scrubby Eucalyptus, and other bushes. 

 The interior was, and still is, almost treeless. Since 1874, reserves, under 

 a Forest Department, have been proclaimed, and on these 13,000 acres are 

 planted with forest trees, many of which are now fit for different purposes. 

 Date Palms also have commenced to bear. 



