WAR-RE-TAW. 
This pfrand and beautiful flower has been 
named by Dr. Shaw, and Dr. Smith, in their 
Zoology and Botany of New Holland, the 
Embothrium Speciocissimum, or Great Em- 
bothrium or Warretah. The most Intelligent 
residents m New South Wales, however, call 
it the War-re-taw, as better according with 
the pronunciation of the natives. It is for 
this reason that we, too, have preferred the 
compound word. 
The War re-taw, which is usually found 
to flourish best in a gravelly soil, grows fre- 
quently from six to seven feet in height. It 
bears honey in the petals, and is universally 
deemed the most superb flower of New South 
Wales. 
It is remarkable, that the flowers of New 
South Wales, in general, are melliferous, but 
that very few of them are odoriferous. 
