. The Australian flora in applied art. u straight back to my home. Twasmanv hours after when I remembered that my letter still lay imclaimed. Ah ! wild flowers of Australia—sweet wild flowers of our homeland,Australia—how dear you are to those of us who see you but now after longyears ! What associations, what tender memories you bring back to us ! Whata sweet, sweet breath of spring you bear to us ! Though at week-ends we mayourselves gather you from the beguiling slopes of th. Blue Mountains—a\e, fromabove the rocky cliffs of Coogee, from the bushy lands near Manly ;uul MiddleHarbour, and fr
. The Australian flora in applied art. u straight back to my home. Twasmanv hours after when I remembered that my letter still lay imclaimed. Ah ! wild flowers of Australia—sweet wild flowers of our homeland,Australia—how dear you are to those of us who see you but now after longyears ! What associations, what tender memories you bring back to us ! Whata sweet, sweet breath of spring you bear to us ! Though at week-ends we mayourselves gather you from the beguiling slopes of th. Blue Mountains—a\e, fromabove the rocky cliffs of Coogee, from the bushy lands near Manly ;uul MiddleHarbour, and from the reaches of the rivers at our gates, we delight in seeingyou in the very midst of our city. We rejoice that thus your silent sweetnessdaily spreads gladness in our hearts. \\ell is it that, on the flower-stands, in pride of place among the choicestblossoms from the gardeners choicest patch, we may see and smell our sweet wildflowers—Natures Breath o Spring. HOME AGAIN. (Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, August 14, 1912.). 52 LITERATURE. THE WASTE OF WARATAHS. j^LOWER-LOVERS on every side are expressing regret for the wholesalefV destruction of Waratahs recorded last week. Eor some time pastpeople in the mountains have been writing of the wonderful crop ofWaratahs which have covered the bush with their glowing flowers this in moderation, they would have beautified the district for weeks, andit certainly does not seem right or just that a whole countryside should bedepleted of its beauty in order to decorate one baUroom for a few hours. But, sad as it is to rob the bush in this way, the worst of such a wholesalegathering is that it will affect the flower crop for several seasons to come. For,where thousands of blooms are plucked, it is inevitable that there should be muchbreaking of wood, and the destruction of many young shoots. At the recentwild flower show some people expressed disappointment that there was not agreater mass of blossoms. But that was
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