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INTRODUCTION 
these interchangeable names to one, where possible, in each 
case, and excluding the remainder. In a few instances, how¬ 
ever, as will be noticed in the text, the use of several names 
for a species belonging to different States is unavoidable. 
A complete list of common names for the Eucalypts, 
copied from several well-known works, is supplied. 
Besides the “Gums,” there are other important forest and 
scrub trees, the bushmen's names for which are very mislead¬ 
ing. “Cheesewood,” “Turnipwood,” “Whitewood” “'Yellow- 
wood,” “Redwood,” “Blackwood,” “Ebony,” “Ash,” “Oak,”' 
“Elder,” “Beech,” &c., are too often applied to trees of widely 
different species ; therefore, as far as possible, in the present 
work, names of this kind are confined, in each instance, to- 
specific plants, or they are qualified in some way, a£ ? for 
example, “ Brush-Cheesewood,” “Queensland-Yellow wood, 
&c., “NY. Wales Yellowwood,” &c. 
In conclusion. I cannot but express the hope that my 
efforts to produce a list of the most ornamental, as well as, in 
many cases, most useful, Australian plants may prove service¬ 
able to persons who are interested in park or street decoration,, 
arboriculture, &c., or whose hobby is gardening. 
It is not too much to say that my extensive travels over 
Australia, together with the experience which I gained during 
36 years’ Directorship of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, have 
enabled me to judge with some accuracy of the value of Aus¬ 
tralian Vegetation for the purposes mentioned. 
William Robert Guilfoyle. 
The following works have been consulted:—- 
Bentham’s Flora Australiensis , 
Mueller’s Census Australian Plants , 
Maiden’s Useful Plants of Australia. 
Bailey’s Queensland Flora. 
Thanks are due to Mr. W. R. A. Baker, Keeper of the Museum ancF 
Herbarium, Melbourne Botanic Gardens, for valuable assistance, ren¬ 
dered during his private time, in collating much material for the ’plant 
lists, and reading proof sheets. To Mr. Chamberlain, in charge of the- 
propagating department, Botanic Gardens, I am indebted for hints im 
regard to sowing certain Australian seeds. 
