Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, both indigenous and naturalisedTo which are added, where known, the aboriginal and other vernacular names; with numerous illustrations, and copious notes on the properties, features, &c., of the plants . fely said thanvery few, if any, parts of the world could furnish grasses equallygood with such a tenacity of life. There are a great many more than the species noted whichpossess medicinal virtues, and when these are better known somemay be found worthy of cultivation for their properties; and itwill be found that when a plant is known to possess a
Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, both indigenous and naturalisedTo which are added, where known, the aboriginal and other vernacular names; with numerous illustrations, and copious notes on the properties, features, &c., of the plants . fely said thanvery few, if any, parts of the world could furnish grasses equallygood with such a tenacity of life. There are a great many more than the species noted whichpossess medicinal virtues, and when these are better known somemay be found worthy of cultivation for their properties; and itwill be found that when a plant is known to possess any particular-virtue, be it medicinal or other, a note referring to the fact isgiven. The same may be said of the plants yielding tanning barks,oils, dyes, gums, resins, &c. The kinds of woods number about1,000, and among them are those suitable for all purposes forwhich the material is used. A very large number of the indigenous-plants furnish material suitable for paper-making, rope, twine,,and hessian cloth. When any particular plant is said to furnish a useful fruit, it-must not be imagined that the fruit equals the Apple, Pear, orPeach of the present day, but all so marked are superior to thefruits known to our far-back Photo, by A. II. glaberrima, T. Camel. PREFATORY AND OTHER NOTES. 15 The whole of the present book is taken up in enumerating theforms of vegetable life which meet the eye of the traveller inpassing over the vast lands and waters of Queensland, and if onehas an eye for the beauties of Floras Kingdom we may safelyimagine one repeating the following lines of Cowper:— Lovely indeed the mimic works of Art,But Natures works far lovelier: I admire,None more admires, the painters magic skill, * * * # * But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye, sweet Nature evry sense, The air salubrious of her lofty hills, The cheery fragrance of her dewy vales, And music of her woods—no works of man May rival these; these all
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