i:y\v Fi.owKHs. 



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tlie saU, of colniiial niauufactnTe, from its being 



Tlie woods in tlie vicinity of tlie " Vineyard" 



family, gtmttxig In 4 ^e?y hxtvm sbiL Om of 

 these, tlint lias rordved tlio colonial appellation 

 of ifofirf ftffar'nffh," was just tlt'vt'lopni*^ its Ikmui- 

 tiful Ctcrult-an l)lossoiiis, and another its Howcrs 

 of a bright yellow, spotted intemally with browtt. 

 These latter 0rcMdem are natn^ h&^mmj^** 

 having their lmll>ous roots filled with a viscid 

 iniieila^v, wliicli renders tlunn an article of food 

 among the ahorio iiics : tlicyare also songlrt after 

 by the colonial cliildren, who arc fond of collect- 

 ing and eating^ lliem ; ih^ Httle creatures wonld 

 readily reec^Itijee their f;n om-itr ■ ■ im/fruKs'' among 

 the specimens I liad eolh'ctcMl. Tlic J']inii flowers, 

 (Bir/ntj (/iaffca,) were now abmulant, and in lull 

 blossom; the colonial appellation has been given 

 froin feeding upoA ihs^^ that is, 



when emus were to lie seen, for they hav6 Ibeen 

 driven fty eticroaching st'ttlcnn-nts far into the in- 

 terior of the colony, and before long an erauwill 



* lioi/am'i are the roots of jSilferent geneva ami species of 

 tiie Orchidia: lUauly ; some are called, by the qpjonists* 

 " double or single boyams" according to tlie appesratieeof tW 

 root?, and they all form nn artlde of fbad. mimg the abori- 

 ginal tribes. 



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