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north the palm Livistona australis is said to grow, and a few other subtropi¬ 
cal genera occur; but for the most part the forest is composed of various 
species of Eucalyptus, of which the giants are E. regnans and E. globulus , 
the Tasmanian blue gum, so extensively planted in California and elsewhere. 
On a former visit to Australia, in 1903, I made a brief trip to the Black 
Spur, in the Gippsland mountains, and saw some very fine specimens of the 
giant gums. This forest is a very beautiful one, as among the great trees in 
many places are groves of tall tree ferns. As much of the forest has been 
destroyed since my visit, one wonders whether any of the biggest of these 
trees are still standing. 
The tree ferns are largely Dicksonia antarctica , but Alsophila australis 
also occurs. There are some interesting bryophytes also common in this 
region, notably the giant moss, Dawsonia superba, and the liverwort Um- 
braculum flabellatum. 
A visit, in company with Professor Ewart of Melbourne, was made to 
this region, but at a considerably lower elevation; and as most of the forest 
had suffered greatly from fire, and the region as a whole seemed to be much 
dryer, the vegetation was decidedly less interesting. The forest trees were 
for the most part much smaller than on the Black Spur, and the ferns and liver¬ 
worts were less abundant. Several pretty orchids were seen, and some in¬ 
teresting heaths and sundews. The latter, together with some of the orchids, 
were especially abundant where the ground had been recently burned over. 
The most extensive excursion made in Victoria was to the National 
Park, in the extreme southern part. Wilson’s Promontory, the southern¬ 
most point of Australia, has been reserved as a sanctuary for the native 
plants and animals, and is admirably placed for this purpose. One of the 
trustees of the park, Mr. Kershaw, accompanied me, and proved a most 
efficient and entertaining guide. The days spent in his company in the park 
are among the pleasantest recollections of my stay in Australia. 
To reach the park one has to go about one hundred miles by rail, and 
then one may go part way by motor; but the rest of the way along the sea 
beach, for two or three hours, was done in a light buggy. On our return 
we crossed the inlet between the promontory and the mainland in a motor 
boat, but this is feasible only at high tide. 
Going by land, one drives over roads that are by no means perfect—in¬ 
deed, we were held for an hour or more by our motor being bogged—through 
low-lying land, much of it a bog. A good many flowers, expecially some 
pretty heaths, were noted, but no very careful observations of the flora were 
made. The shore drive was along a barren coast, with sand dunes as we 
approached the park. 
The park comprises about 100,000 acres of mountain and forest, and 
occupies the greater portion of the peninsula. The isthmus connecting it 
with the mainland is only about seven miles wide, and across this neck of 
land there is a strong rabbit- and vermin-proof fence, which completely 
