THE NATIVE FLORA. 
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mentioned that these gardens possess one of the finest 
living collections in the world of the Australian flora. 
Such plants as Goodia lotifolia, Eriostemon 
myoporoides, and the various Prostantheras are weU 
known, but these are only a few out of the hundreds 
of equally beautiful ones. Thryptomene Mitehel- 
liana, a beautiful pinkish heath-like shrub growing 
in the Grampians; Pittosporum phillyraeoides, the 
willow pittosporum, from the northern districts of 
Victoria, with its delicate wiUow-like foUage, and its 
starry lemon-coloured flowers; Calycothrix Sullivani, 
a lovely pinkish and white Myrtaceous shrub from 
the Grampians; a large number of Grevilleas — these 
and many others are well suited for ordinary garden 
culture, and as flowering shrubs, will equal any that 
we have under cultivation at the present time. 
So far nothing has been said of the various 
Eucalypts and Acacias; their name is legion. There 
are many varieties which are suited for garden cul- 
ture, and probably only two or three dozen varieties 
may be counted in our gardens. Special reference 
will be made to these and others in a subsequent 
chapter. 
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