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parts of Australia and neighboring islands are often 
handsome shrubs. A. humifusum is the so-called 
“Tasmanian cranberry” with trailing juniper-like 
stems, handsome scarlet flowers, fruit of a greenish 
white, colored in the sun somewhat, and full of a 
pulp described as “apple flavored.” 
Leucopogon is a large genus of 130 species found 
in Australia, New Zealand, Malaisia and the Pacific 
Islands. L. Richei is the “native currant” of the Aus- 
tralians, found mostly on the maritime lands. It is 
credited with having preserved a French naturalist 
from hunger for several days, during the voyage in 
search of La Perouse- The species are mostly 
white flowered. 
Epacris has 27 species in Australia, New Zeal- 
and, and New Caledonia. This number is much 
exceeded in dictionaries, which often give specific 
value to varieties. It is remarkable how seldom 
these handsome shrubs are met with in this country, 
or for that matter in the gardens of other countries 
where they might be expected to thrive. It is pos- 
sible that they become starved, straggling and un- 
sightly from want of proper care and attention to 
pruning, which is necessary to secure a proper sup- 
EPACRIS HYACINTHIFLORA. 
ply of thrifty, flowering wood. Their flowers vary 
in shades of crimson, purple, scarlet, pink and 
white, or the darker colors tipped with white. 
James Mac P her son. 
A WOODLAND PATH. 
A pathway like the one in the illustration 
would be a proud possession for any park, but it is 
one that few can show. Time and being let alone 
have made it what it is — a softly carpeted, arched 
cavern of shade leading the eye to a sunny opening 
at either end, the high light of the one being the 
sunlight on a clump of sand cherry trees, standing 
in a woodland opening, of the other (shown in the 
picture) a distant glimpse of the sparkling waters 
of Grand Traverse Bay. For this is one of the 
A SYLVAN ARCHWAY. 
lovely natural landscape bits that abound on the 
narrow and charming strip of land known as Grand 
Traverse peninsula, which extends from the main- 
land on the head of the bay northward for almost 
half its length, dividing the upper waters into 
nearly equal arms called respectively, the East and 
the West Bays. 
But had this pathway been found on land that 
had been brought under the supervision of the right 
kind of a Park Superintendent, instead of on Na- 
ture’s broad domain, it would have been still more 
perfect in its way. For directly across it a tree had 
fallen, making a view of its most perfect part im- 
possible. A few of the larger branches that strewed 
its shadowy carpet of fallen leaves and twigs might 
have been removed without injury too, and probably 
Mr. Simonds would have some of the trees cut out, 
especially among the smaller ones. On the whole, 
however, I should say there was more danger of 
spoiling the dreamy effect of this sylvan archway 
by overdoing than by letting well enough alone. 
Frances Copley Scavey. 
