SOME NATIVE TREES. 
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berry. This Panax has fine shining pinnate leaves, 
of firm texture, and much paler underneath. In 
older specimens it becomes a tree, nicely spreading. 
It is decorative either as a specimen plant or as a 
hedge, and is very easily transplanted. It is one 
of our trees that sucker freely, the suckers growing 
readily. In East Gippsland there is a variety with 
dainty and fine fern-like foliage. 
Two handsome trees, decorative in foliage, flower 
and fruit, are Elaeocarpus holopetalus and Elaeo- 
carpus reticulatus. They are native to East Gipps- 
land. The foliage is' dark and shining, and the 
flowers are starry and white, and pale pink in colour. 
The latter species is especially good, its many flowers 
almost at times hiding the foliage. This species also 
carries many fruits, like small olives and blue in 
colour. The generic name means olive-fruited. 
These trees belong to the same family as the linden 
or lime-tree of Southern Europe. 
The native beech, Fagus Cunninghami, also has 
small, handsome, shining dark-green foliage. It, too, 
produces good timber. 
Then there is the “Boobyalla,” which is the abori- 
ginal name of a handsome shining-leaved tree, grow- 
ing in the southern parts of Victoria, particularly 
near the sea-coast, and botanicaUy known as Myo- 
porum insulare. This handsome tree is hardy and 
will respond readily to pruning and cutting. Its 
vigorous growth of leaves, glossy and shining, give 
great pleasure to all who observe or grow it. 
There are ten Victorian species, some of which are 
dwarf, others being tall shrubs. 
