Jan. 31, 1911. The Queensla.nd Naturalist. 
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EXCURSION 10 NEWMARKET, 8th OCTOBER, 1910. 
REPORT ON BOTANY. 
By Jos. Wedd. 
Locality : North side of Enoggera Creek, extending 
from the Kelvin Grove tram terminus to the Grove Estate. 
Length ; about one mile. Width : about ^ to J mile. 
Oyie hundred and sixty-six different species of plants 
are recorded in my list as growing on this small area, and 
the list could easily be extended to at least 180, as a few of the 
commonest weeds are not included, also the grasses and 
some of the water plants, together with a few plants, the 
identification of which was rendered difficult by the absence 
of flowers and fruit. Moreover, this small area included 
a Chinese vegetable garden of 25 acres. The occurrence 
of so many different species indicates the richness of this 
collecting ground, and taken in conjunction with its 
easy accessibility, should make it a favouraite resort for 
botanists. 
In the early days this locality was called the “ Three 
Mile Scrub” and was the “ happy hunting ground ” of 
nature lovers of a past generation, but its glory has, to 
some extent, departed. Dray loads of bird’s nest and 
staghorn ferns and orchids were ruthlessly torn away from 
congenial surroundings, and taken to town to decorate 
ball rooms or triumphal arches or to maintain a lingering 
existence in bush houses, and now no trace of them is to 
be found. On a tall figtree — the only one left — some 
masses of Dendrohium monophyllum were seen, the only 
epiph}de noticed. 
Of many of the scrub plants mentioned in the list, 
only one or two specimens of each kind are left. The 
rapid growth of saplings of various species of Eucalyptus 
and of lantana in the place of the dethroned monarchs 
of the forest has given the smaller scrub plants growing 
there the protection required and has thus helped to pre- 
serve for a time the scrub flora by giving it an environ- 
ment approximating that which it previously enjoyed. 
The depredations of the wood-getters, however, will soon 
alter this, and it will not be long before the scrub plants 
will totally disappear. 
