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fragrant-leafed Prostanthera with pretty purple flowers are in 
cultivation and so too are Correa speciosa and C. Backhousiana 
with pendent tubular, red-tipped yellow or greenish flowers. 
Of climbing plants Eastern Australia has contributed very 
little to our gardens. Nevertheless, 1 must not omit mention of 
Swainsonia galegifolia. This favorite, with its dainty foliage, 
pretty white, pink, red, and purple colored 1 flowers on erect 
axillary racemes, has long been established in our gardens. 
Of herbs with conspicuous flowers Eastern Australia is not 
specially rich. In the dry areas there are carpets of Ever¬ 
lastings but they are not so luxuriant as those of Western 
Australia. The genus Ptilotus (better known as Trichinium), 
related to Amarantus, is widely spread in the region of low rain¬ 
fall and, growing gregariously, blankets wide spaces with color. 
They are low plants with pink, purple, or yellowish flowers in 
dense cylindrical spikes and are commonly known as Silky 
Heads. Of the 78 known species Bailey mentions only one 
East Australian species ( Trichinium exaltatum) and the West 
Australian T. Manglesii. 
Belonging to the Amaryllis family are several fine Eastern 
Australian plants. Among them are eleven species of Crinum 
one of which, the dainty C. flaccidum, grows inland in all the 
states except Tasmania, Some of the others are tropical. In 
the drier regions grow Calostemma luteum and C. purpureum 
with prominent straight stamen-filaments, and on the coast 
the Brisbane Lily ( Eurycles Cunningbamii). The latter has 
AS IT GROWS AT HOME 
Rising straight and stately along the shores of Ball’s Bay, Norfolk Island, its 
native habitat, the Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria excelsa) is scarcely recognizable 
by those who know it only as a diminutive denizen of the greenhouse (See below) 
AS IT GROWS IN 
GLASSHOUSES 
A typical specimen 
of Araucaria excelsa 
as commonly known 
Dracophyllum. Out of blossom these strongly resemble in 
foliage and habit some of our Yuccas. Of the eight species of 
Richea perhaps the best known are R. dracophylla and R. pan- 
danifolia. There are four species of Dracophyllum and D. 
Fit{geraldii, endemic on Lord Howe Island, is the giant of the 
genus. 
A twiggy shrub with saucer-shaped rose-colored flowers is 
Baurea rubioides often seen as a pot plant in greenhouses. 
This plant forms interminable thickets in Tasmania and else¬ 
where. Of Acacias there are no end and to those already men¬ 
tioned 1 should like to add the graceful A. Riceana of Tasmania. 
This is a bush from 5 to 10 feet tall with arching slender 
branches, narrow phyllodes and clear yellow flowers and is one 
of the gems of this protean genus. Several species of the 
