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the spores ;it 4000 millions ; when further it fairly can be assumed, 
that a large tree of our silver-wattle may produce as a total from 
its copious masses of flower-headlets '2o millifins of tiny flowers, 
800 millions of stamens, and 8000 millions c>f the compound 
pollen-grains ; when a red-gum eucylaptus or a maima eucalyptus 
may exhibit the twenty-lifth part of a billioji of .stomata in the 
whole of its f(.)liage. 
Let us turn to another subject. Choice areas, not nece.ssarily 
very extensive, should be re.served in every gi-eat country for some 
maintenance of the original vegetatio)i, and therewith for the 
pre.servation of animal life concomitant to ]>eculiar plants. Where 
the endemic riches are greatest, thei-e also the danger is more 
imminent of these being swept out tif existence, unless timelv 
mea.sures are ado 2 tted for the reservation of some seque.stered .sjait, 
to which rural occup.ations should never be allowed to have anv 
access with their disturbing influence on 2 n’ime\*al h.armonies. 
Such sjtot.s should be jtroelaimed for all times the jieojile’.s inahen- 
.able pi’<jperty, and every inhabitant or visitor of the localitv 
should consider himself the eo-pre.server of .such are.a.s, so as to aid 
in preventing accidental inv.asion or casual ignition or intentional 
.sjjoliation. Furthermore, to .such jflaces of security shoulil he 
transferred jilants and animals of exceittional rarity occurriiiL; 
near the.se seclusions. “ Floral comiiion.s,” tints established, would 
soon be among the most attractive features, not only for 2 )lea,sure 
excursionists, but also for travellers from abroad, and wotdfl afford 
future generations in various territories some idea of the wondrou^^ 
natural beauty of vegetable and atiiiual life in its once unique 
loveliness, jtri.stine grace and unimjiaired freedom. iMeasures 
like these once initiated would earn enduring gratitude, and tvouli I 
find imitation in all countrie.s, and piarticularly in tho.se, where 
nature has scattered its floral gifts most 2 )rodigiously o'V'ei' the 
territorial expanse. Under intelligent supervision .such 2 )lace.s, 
through restricted conce.ssions, might be made to yield a greater 
income, than aeeruable tlu'ough ordinary rural occu 2 iation. Who 
would not plead in this cause 1 as our Field Naturalists’ Club has 
indeed .so feia ently done alre.ady. More and more of rarities ai'c 
commencing to succumb and to be made unrestorable, and scarcely 
a ,s 2 iot seems safe on the face of the globe ag;dnst the defacing hand 
of man ! To the Great Auk no longer any existence was allowed 
on the remotest hiding-place of Iceland, wliere the last 2 ioor pair 
.succumbed, while courageously defending their nest ! Will iiny 
remnant of the tribe of the gigantic birds, lingering yet in the 
recesses of far southern latitudes, 2>erha23.s shai’e the .same fate ' 
At this instance m.'ty be called into memoiy tlie touching \ erse.s 
bj the greatest of German 2 ><>ets, relating how the chamoi.s i> 
driven by tlie relentless hunter to the utmost 25 iniiacle of its 
highland-home, and then the Alp-spirit of the legend sallie.s forth 
with wi'athful voice, “ Pause! why do you hurt my herd?” Space, 
is left for all on earth! 
