FLOIiAL UKAUTIKS. 



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soiiic of the trtTs l>L'iii£v seen perfectly docorti- 

 f';iri'(! and a]>j)c:ii'iiig iii n smooth new Iiark, 

 w liilst otlii'i's liavc the outer liark not yet quitti 

 ttttowB offj but lianging in long strips from 

 tlietmok. Thfise pecaliantie&, iii ie^Mim#oti 

 AVith others, convey to ns different iileaa fi^OTZi 

 tliose formed from the vegetation of other cottii- 

 tries. 



the different species of theJfeji&iff* genns (or 

 hinK'vstickh', all the species are indiscri- 

 laiiiately termed by tlie colonists) wouhl arrest 

 the atte^Hoii ai the stonger, hy its pedlar 

 growth m w^l ias i^arkaWe flowers; the spe- 

 ciesjBimWa erkifb^'wm most profusely in bloom, 

 its erect tufts of ornrio^c-cfdoured flowers iuii)art- 

 itig to it a lively appearaiicc. That curious and 

 interesting tree the Xanthorrhsa^ — yellow gum 

 or ©£ the ed€asi8<%— =WjOuM attract ob- 



servatioxi Ipqui its ]>cculiar growth, the trunk 

 hciiio' suTitinuuted liy Ifuig grassy ftdiirii'c, from 

 ihr centre of which arises a long scape termi- 

 nated by a cylindrical spike, either crowded 

 lidtli its smaK white fisiwel« ^ ^fcHy oddur^ or 



* Tiie dried cones ^ &vt JS^isS^ mi Used by tlie sbori- 



giiK's lt)i- rcuiliiliiji fire,, tn^ lli^y will keep ignited for 9 con- 

 tiiderubic: Iciigih of time. 



