92 NATIVE FLOWERS OF VICTORIA. 
and provided a small ball of earth be taken with the 
plant, they will grow right away in the garden. 
In a climate and country which produces plants 
of the iris and lily family so insignificant in fiowers 
when compared with other portions of the globe, it 
is rather surprising to fiud pahns growing naturally. 
Palms are quite close relations of the lilies. 
There is only one native pabn of Victoria, 
Livistona Australis; that is found in two closely- 
connected localities near Orbost in East Gippsland. 
The main group of pahns is on the Cabbage-tree 
Creek — the creek so called after the common name of 
the pahns — and the other, which only consists of a 
few small palms, is on the banks of the Brodribb River. 
The two locahties are only a few miles apart. The 
main group on the Cabbage-tree Creek is a cluster of 
fine old and tall pahns, the tallest one being considered 
to be about ninety feet in height. There are only 
about fifty pahns in the locahty, and it is fortunate 
they have been protected by law, and that the land 
is permanently reserved. The pahns were discovered 
here by the late Baron von Mueller, and it is due to 
him that the pahn tract has been reserved. This 
palm is well known in gardens and palm collections, 
and to grow it best, it needs to be placed in a position 
protected from winds, as its foliage is fairly tender, 
and if much blown about by the wind, the fohage 
becomes very ragged and untidy. This palm enjoys 
a good stiff soil, and may be well fed with old manure. 
It is not a great success as a house pot plant — 
although hardy — on account of the spines which 
are placed along each side of the leaf stem. The 
