some stony rises. Coming to the last rock outcrop, and forming 
a small knoll, the stringybark is again the main Eucalypt and has 
associated with it two small trees in flower, viz., the native cherry 
and the honeysuckle. The stringybark continues down the steep 
westerly slope and mixes with the golden wattle. The pink gum 
is again found with the stringybark here, but lower down it gives 
way to the manna gum. Then the last half of the slope before 
the railway line is reached is dominated by the blue gum, some 
of which are fine big trees, but with only a few manna gums. 
The stringybark has now been left behind and at this point does 
not appear lower than about the 1,300-foot level, while the pink 
gum finished even higher up. The blue gum came in at about the 
1,270-foot level and manna gum at about the same or a little 
higher up. 
The same ridge may be reached by going west along the 
railway line from Long Gully Station and ascending the old 
“runaway.” This is on a slope facing south, and on it is an 
abundance of honeysuckle amongst stringybark. The honey- 
suckle is growing profusely here and, apparently, the clearing of 
the runaway of all the vegetation and the disturbing of the 
surface soil stimulated germination of the dormant seeds. A 
white daisy ( Ole aria sp.) was in full bloom (April 27, 1935) 
towards the top of the slope. Then, near the ridge, the pink 
gum was seen as the main tree, accompanied by a teatree ; the 
autumn orchid ( Eriochilus cucullatus , in flower April 27, 1935) ; 
silky guinea flower; Acrotriche serrulata; cranberry (in flower 
April 27, 1935); bundled ground heath; heather (Tetratheca 
pilosa ) ; a greenhood orchid; wallflower; prickly guinea flower; 
native cherry (in flower April 27, 1935) ; and the native St. 
John’s Wort ( Hypericum gramdneum), which is certainly not a 
pest. Proceeding westward along the ridge, the pink gum is 
found with the stringybark and the golden wattle. The guinea 
flowers are quite at home here, and the small under-shrubs are 
interspersed among the other vegetation. Misquel’s mistletoe is 
parasitic here on the pink gum, but it is somewhat rare on this 
species. We now come to a small plateau at the junction of 
several ridges, and this area would make a delightful picnic 
ground, provided it is not spoilt by “modern” improvements, or 
that any trees are cut down. The pink gum is the chief tree here 
and also clothes the north and west slopes near the top. Descend- 
ing this west slope, the pink gum is soon left behind and is 
almost completely replaced by a dense grove of young blue gums. 
It is hoped that these will be left in their natural state, as they 
certainly make a striking picture with their white, straight trunks. 
Some plants of the introduced cotton bush ( Asclepias rotundi- 
folia ), which is the host for the wanderer butterfly, were in 
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