62 NATIVE FLOWERS OF VICTORIA. 
name of Lilly-PiUy. Naturally it is a fine, tall, 
spreading tree, with glossy foliage. The flowers 
are insignificant. But, in early spring, the berries 
make up for the poor flowers, for the trees are then 
laden with heavy clusters of purplish or white suc- 
culent berries, nearly on one inch in diameter. The 
“Lilly-PiUy” is a common tree along the Snowy 
River and other rivers of East Gippsland and in the 
adjacent jungles, and its beauty adds largely to the 
landscape. In gardens it is suitable for specimen 
trees or for hedges. It prefers good soil, and does 
not seem to be averse to manure conditions; at the 
same time it is hardy enough for any soil. It makes 
better growth if weU pruned and trimmed, especially 
when used as a hedge or a shelter, and the glossiness 
of the young growth is very effective. Unfortun- 
ately, under cultivation it is very subject to attacks 
of the black flat scale, Aspidiotus Rossi, but the prun- 
ing and also spraying wiU eradicate that trouble. 
The fruit is edible, being somewhat acid in taste. 
Tristania laurina, the “Kanuka,” is a compact 
growing shrub with glossy foliage and clusters of 
small yeUow flowers. The timber of this small tree 
is dark red and very hard. 
The last of the Myrtle family to be mentioned has 
often been called a Eucalypt that has no Eucalypt. 
To all ordinary observers, Angophora intermedia is 
just an ordinary gum tree. The tree, bark, foliage 
and flowers are all typical of the Eucalypts, but the 
seed-pods are more angular than those of the gum 
tree. The main distinction, however, is that Ango- 
phora has no cap to cover the flower bud, as is found 
