. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. 336 THE BOY TKAVELLEKS IN PALM-TREES IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. said the} wereknown as bun-ya-bunya the shrubs andplants indigenous tothe colony are to befound in the Gardens, to-gether with exotics fromall parts of the world whoseclimate in any way resem-bles that of friends were told thatthe Gardens had been
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. 336 THE BOY TKAVELLEKS IN PALM-TREES IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. said the} wereknown as bun-ya-bunya the shrubs andplants indigenous tothe colony are to befound in the Gardens, to-gether with exotics fromall parts of the world whoseclimate in any way resem-bles that of friends were told thatthe Gardens had been ofgreat practical value to thecolony in facilitating the in-troduction of plants whichcould be cultivated to ad-vantage. Indigo, madder,coffee, and tea plants wereintroduced into Queenslandby means of the BotanicalGardens, which first devel- A RELIC OF CONVICT DAYS. 337 oped them, and then sent seeds and cuttings to those who made apph-cation. Sugar and cotton were also developed from the same source,and at present the sugar and cotton interests of the colony are of verygreat importance. On their way back to the hotel the youths again encountered thecommunicative policeman. Pointing in the direction of a round build-ing similar to a windmill and supporting a signal-mast, he said,
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