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Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 791. West Australian Shrubby Vegetation

791. West Australian Shrubby Vegetation
Various species of Hakea; a flower-bearing branch of Eucalyptus tetraptera, Turcz. at the top on the right; and a purple flowered Malvacea (Hibiscus Huegelii ?)

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 790. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a Queensland Tree, and Black

790. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a Queensland Tree, and Black
Macadamia ternifolia, F. Muell. belongs to the Proteaceae, and is closely allied to Helicia, which extends northward to India, China, and Japan

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 789. Flowers and Seed-vessels of a West Australian Gum Tree and

789. Flowers and Seed-vessels of a West Australian Gum Tree and
This (Eucalyptus, . ficifolia, F. Muell) is perhaps the most beautiful of all the Gum Trees. It is a small tree nearly allied to E. calophylla, R. Br. (see 757), but the latter has white flowers

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 788. Fig-tree Village, and its Big Godfather, Illawarra

788. Fig-tree Village, and its Big Godfather, Illawarra

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 786. Gum Trees and Tree Ferns, Victoria

786. Gum Trees and Tree Ferns, Victoria
This Gum is the Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill. one of the loftiest of the numerous kinds of Gum trees. See 777

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 785. Flowers of the Waratah, of New South Wales

785. Flowers of the Waratah, of New South Wales
This is Telopea speciosissima, R. Br. the most gorgeous of all the Australian Proteaceae, and now almost restricted to the Blue Mountains. It is a shrub from six to eight feet high

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 784. West Australian Shrubs

784. West Australian Shrubs
Foliage and flowers of Banksia grandees, Willd. with a blue-flowered species of Comesperma (perhaps C.volubile, Labill.) climbing over it

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 782. Karri Gums, near the Warren River; West Australia

782. Karri Gums, near the Warren River; West Australia
Casuarinas and Emus in the Foreground. The Karri Gum trees (Eucalyptus diversicolor, F. Muell.) are among the tallest trees in the world

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 781. Poison Tree strangled by a Fig, Queensland

781. Poison Tree strangled by a Fig, Queensland
The central figure of this picture represents the skeleton-like trunk of a Fig Tree, which has nearly strangled the Poison Tree (Laportea, moroides, Wedd.)

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 780. Branch of a Grevillea, and a View on the Swan River, West Australia

780. Branch of a Grevillea, and a View on the Swan River, West Australia
The branch bears both flowers and seed-vessels, and is probably Grevillea leucopteris, Meissn. Behind is a bush of the same, and a Red Gum Tree hung with a species of Loranthus

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 779. An Old Currajong Tree, New South Wales

779. An Old Currajong Tree, New South Wales
The aborigines make their fishing lines from the bark of the Currajong (Hibiscus heterophyllus, Vent.), and the soft, spongy trunks are formed into canoes

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 778. Australian Spear Lily and an Acacia

778. Australian Spear Lily and an Acacia
There are two species of Doryanthes, the present D. Palmeri, Hill, and D. excelsa, which has a globose inflorescence. They both inhabit Eastern Australia. See 844 in the gallery above

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 777. Trees near Fernshaw, Victoria

777. Trees near Fernshaw, Victoria
The tall trees are Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill. most of them more than 300 feet high. Several trees of this species that have been measured were more than 400 feet high;

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 775. A West Australian Banksia

775. A West Australian Banksia
Flower -spikes of Banksia attenuata, R. Br. in various stages of development. The narrow grey spike in front is the youngest, having in this condition the appearance and texture of wool-work

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 774. A Natural Fernery in Victoria

774. A Natural Fernery in Victoria

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 773. View in the Bunya-Bunya Forest, Queensland, and Kangaroos

773. View in the Bunya-Bunya Forest, Queensland, and Kangaroos
The tall trees having slender spreading branches, leafy only at the tips, are the Bunya-Bunya, Araucaria Bidwillii, Hook. See description of 767

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 772. West Australian Vegetation

772. West Australian Vegetation
Flowers and fruiting cones in various stages of development, of Banksia coccinea. R. Br.; and flowers of a climbing Papilionacea (Gompholobium polymorphum, R)

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 771. Nest of the Coachmans Whip Bird, in a Bunya-Bunya, Queensl

771. Nest of the Coachmans Whip Bird, in a Bunya-Bunya, Queensl
The trees, Araucaria Bidwillii, Hook. were full of these hanging nests of the Psophodes crepitans, made of the freshest green moss, and ornamented with the feathers of the common red and blue parrots

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 770. View from Collaroy, New South Wales, looking towards the Liverpool Downs

770. View from Collaroy, New South Wales, looking towards the Liverpool Downs
The plain is dotted with Gum trees and the river bordered with Casuarinas, with blue and crimson Parrots (Aprosmictus erythropterus) in the branches of the Peppermint (Eucalyptus piperita, Sm)

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 769. White Gum and Stringy-bark Trees, New South Wales

769. White Gum and Stringy-bark Trees, New South Wales
The bark of the latter (Eucalyptus obliqua, L Her.) comes off in large slabs, and is used in making wigwams and roofs; and the natives also use it when they wish to cross a river

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 768. Our Camp on the Bunya Mountains, Queensland

768. Our Camp on the Bunya Mountains, Queensland

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 767. Study of the Bunya-Bunya

767. Study of the Bunya-Bunya
This noble Conifer, Araucaria bidwillii, Hook. the bunya pine, is perhaps the most valuable indigenous food-tree in Australia, and only grows on one semi-circle of hills, within 100 miles in stretch

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 766. Flowers of the Flame-tree and yellow and black twiner, West Australia

766. Flowers of the Flame-tree and yellow and black twiner, West Australia
In the distance Flame -trees, Nuytsia floribunda, R. Br. (see description of 761). Kennedya nigricans, Lindl. is remarkable for the very dark purple, almost black, of its flowers

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 765. Sandal Wood and Opossum Mouse, West Australia

765. Sandal Wood and Opossum Mouse, West Australia
The Opossum Mouse is the smallest of all the marsupials. It is an herbivorous animal, living in tree ferns, and of nocturnal habits. Its prehensile tail is in constant use

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 764. Study of the West Australian Flame-tree or Fire-tree

764. Study of the West Australian Flame-tree or Fire-tree
It is here associated with various species of Banksia and Hakea, and Grass Trees (Xanthorrhoea) on the right, looking over the SwanRiver valley towards the sea. Nuytsia floribunda, R. Br

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 763. View, looking out of the Bunya Forest at the summit, Queens

763. View, looking out of the Bunya Forest at the summit, Queens
The tops of some Bunyas (Araucaria Bidwillii, Hook.) to be seen in the middle distance, on the right

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 762. West Australian Vegetation

762. West Australian Vegetation
Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata, Sm.); the handsome red-flowered Grevillea Banksii, R. Br.; and Cockatoo (Cacatua sp.)

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 761. Musk Tree and background of Evergreen Beech, Victoria

761. Musk Tree and background of Evergreen Beech, Victoria
The Musk Tree (Olearia argophylla, F. Muell.), is an arboreous Composila, whose ample foliage forms a striking feature in the vegetation of some parts of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 760. White Gum Trees and Palms, Illawarra, New South Wales

760. White Gum Trees and Palms, Illawarra, New South Wales
The lofty pinnate-leaved Palm is Archonto phoenix Cunninghamii, Wendl. & Drude, better known in gardens in this country under the name Seaforthia elegans

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 759. Wild Flowers of the Blue Mountains, Kew South Wales

759. Wild Flowers of the Blue Mountains, Kew South Wales
Conspicuous in this selection is the star-like white inflorescence of Actinotus Helianthi, Labill. an umbelliferous plant simulating a Composita

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 758. Fernshaw, Victoria

758. Fernshaw, Victoria
The white Gum Tree in the middle distance was measured by Baron Mueller, and found to be 365 feet high; the Tree Fern in the foreground was forty feet high

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 757. West Australian Vegetation

757. West Australian Vegetation
The shrub in front, having the leaves crowded at intervals along the branches, and thread-like racemes of small flowers, isLeucopogon verticillatus, R. Br

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 756. Forest Scene in West Australia

756. Forest Scene in West Australia
Foreground of Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea); on the right, a species of Kingia probably distinct from K. australis, in the middle; and a Cycad (probably Macrozamia Fraseri, Miq.) on the left

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 755. West Australian Sand-loving Plants

755. West Australian Sand-loving Plants
The soil in this district is so very sandy that, with the exception of a few big stones, the whole country might be run through an hour-glass

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 754. View of Melbourne, from the Botanic Gardens

754. View of Melbourne, from the Botanic Gardens
The miniature trees in flower in the foreground are a species of Cordyline indigenous in Australia

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 753. Various species of Acacia and other shrubs, good for bindin

753. Various species of Acacia and other shrubs, good for bindin
A branch of Acacia Cyclops, A. Cunn. bearing flowers and pods in front. Observe the brilliantly-coloured funicle encircling the seeds

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 752. View near Brighton, Victoria

752. View near Brighton, Victoria
Looking through a hedge of Ti Shrub (Leptospermum spp.) with a caterpillars nest of the leaves above on the left. The small-leaved species on the right is probably L. scoparium, Forst

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 751. Foliage, Flowers, and Seed-vessels of a rare West Australia

751. Foliage, Flowers, and Seed-vessels of a rare West Australia
This is Eucalyptus macrocarpa, Hook and a portrait of the one remaining specimen of this species near Newcastle is represented behind

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 750. Wild Flowers of Albany, West Australia

750. Wild Flowers of Albany, West Australia
In the foreground, among others, are : Anthocercis viscosa, R. Br. the.large white flower; Thysanotus sp. purple flowers with fringed petals; Leschenaultica biloba, Lindl

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 749. Two Australian shrubs, with Sydney Harbour below

749. Two Australian shrubs, with Sydney Harbour below
The climber with pinnate leaves is Tecoma austrails, R. Br. and the other a species of Callistemon, probably C. lanceolatus, DC

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 748. Possum up a Gum Tree. 748. Possum up a Gum Tree

748. Possum up a Gum Tree. 748. Possum up a Gum Tree
The Opossum feeds on the leaves of Eucalyptus paniculata, Sm. and Loranthus aurantiacus, A. Cunn. which is parasitic on the former, and closely mimics it in its foliage

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 747. Tree Ferns in Victoria, with a nest of the Lyre Bird

747. Tree Ferns in Victoria, with a nest of the Lyre Bird
Standing a yard above the ground is the nest of this beautiful bird (Menurasuperba) amongst the old fern fronds, with a perch in front for the parents to rest only

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 745. Evening Glow over The Range. 745. Evening Glow over The Range

745. Evening Glow over The Range. 745. Evening Glow over The Range
Seen throughRed Gums at Harlaxton, Queensland

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 744. West Australian Plants

744. West Australian Plants
Cephalotus follicularis Labill. and various species of Sundew (Drosera) in the foreground, with Conostylis sp. (clustered yellow flowers), Bulbine sp

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 743. Brisbane Botanic Gardens

743. Brisbane Botanic Gardens
Palms in the foreground and avenue of Araucarias behind. The two tall palms are a species of Ptychosperma;.the dwarf one behind, Areca Northiana, Hill; with Kentia minor, F. Muell. on the right

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 742. Wild Flowers of Victoria and New South Wales

742. Wild Flowers of Victoria and New South Wales
At the back, two or three species of Stylidium, a large and curious genus almost entirely Australian, upwards of eighty species being known

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 741. Scene in a West Australian Forest

741. Scene in a West Australian Forest
Large trees of the Black Butt and Red Gum (Eucalyptus calophylla), with undergrowth of Grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea), Banksia, Kingia, Macrozamia Fraseri, Miq. &c

Background imageMarianne North Rights Managed Collection: 740. West Australian Flowers

740. West Australian Flowers
" Kangaroo Feet " (Anigozanthus), of which five species are depicted, are peculiar to West Australia, and are remarkable for the uncommon hues of their very hairy flowers. A. Manglesii




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