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- | C )11.SE1),VATION | + | ===== Conservation. ===== |
- | ALEX. COLLEY.' 0 | + | |
- | Post-war re-construction, | + | Alex. Colley. |
- | immediately after the war there will be a good chance of getting something done in conservation. Already new movements with a vital, | + | |
- | interest in conservation have been formed - notabj y the National Fitness Council and Youth Hostels Movement. And the National Association of Youth, which is to be formed, may also he interested. | + | Post-war re-construction, |
- | If Bushwalkers want anything done for conservation, | + | |
- | clear in their own minds as to just what thy do want. So often | + | If Bushwalkers want anything done for conservation, |
- | in the Ipast we have protested too late - after the road has gone through or after the trees have been rung. Our case would be immeasurably | + | |
- | stronger if we had a nlan. If we could say "This is why wo want | + | But the making of such plans is a big job. Even in peace-time, nobody had time to do more than a fraction of the work necessary. Now, with most people working long hours, it just can' |
- | conservation and this is how we want it done - these are the areas we think should be conserved" | + | |
- | But the making of such plans is a big job. Even in peace-time, nobody had time to Ale more than a fraction of the work necessary. Now, | + | After consultation with the Editor of the " |
- | with most people working long hours, it just can' | + | |
- | person. But theri: | + | The first group of articles will deal with "The Need for Conservation" |
- | After consultation with the Editor of the " | + | |
- | article on an as-Dect | + | If anybody wants to contribute, please let me know and I will fit their article into the scheme. |
- | article:: | + | |
- | " | + | Alex. Colley. |
- | The firdt group of articles will deal_ with "The Need for Conservation" | + | |
- | If anybody wants to contribute, please let me knoW and I will fit their article into the scheme. | + | ---- |
- | ALEX. COLLEY. | + | |
- | 11. | + | [Cartoon of three bushwalkers falling off a cliff] |
- | "That s the betting we make the front page, in tomorrow' | + | |
- | .M.......1 | + | "What's the betting we make the front page in tomorrow' |
- | DECEMBER FLOWERS | + | |
+ | Dot English. | ||
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+ | ===== December Flowers. ===== | ||
Ray Birt. | Ray Birt. | ||
- | "I went to the valley of flowers, (No one was with me). I w:Is ther alone for hours; I wus hayey as could be | + | |
- | In the valley of flowers. | + | "I went to the valley of flowers, (No one was with me).\\ |
- | There was grass on the ground. | + | I was there alone for hours; I was happy as could be\\ |
- | And the wind had a sound of such gaiety. That I was as happy, As happy could be. In the valley of flowers." | + | In the valley of flowers.\\ |
- | I think we have all f lt the joy of relaxing with a sigh of content in a | + | There was grass on the ground. |
- | flower filled valley; all stress and strain fades away leaving a prevading peace into which one sinks with a dreamy langour. | + | And the wind had a sound of such gaiety. That I was as happy, As happy could be.\\ |
- | One of the most abundant of flowers at the present time, and the one nearest of all to Bushwalkers hearts is the Actinotus Helianthi (flannel flower), The po-Dular | + | In the valley of flowers." |
- | hair is a single cell filled with air, so that the dense mass of air containing cells acts as an equaliser of temerature and prevents excess of evaporation. The head like umbel of tiny stalked flowers is surrounded by large attractive white bracts 1 to 2 inches long and often tillped | + | |
- | Each tiny flower has a hairy 5 lobed calyx, but no petals. The centre flowers are perfect with a pistil and 5 stamens, but the outer ones only have the 5 stamens. The leaves are grey green in colour. | + | I think we have all felt the joy of relaxing with a sigh of content in a flower filled valley; all stress and strain fades away leaving a prevading peace into which one sinks with a dreamy langour. |
- | Another beautiful favourite is the Boronia Floribunda. A very pretty free flowering shrub, found only in N.S.W. it is so abundant round Sydney that the name of Sydney Boronia has been suggested for it, although it is also very plentiful on the Blue Mts. The FloWers | + | |
- | leaves and the 4 petals overlap in the bud. The 8 stamens are alternately | + | One of the most abundant of flowers at the present time, and the one nearest of all to Bushwalkers hearts is the Actinotus Helianthi (flannel flower). The popular |
- | long and short and the pistil has a globular stigma often as large as the ovary. Boronia Fraseri, is a Boronia liking damp peaty soil and is to be found in | + | |
- | gullies. It has, I think, the prettiest foliage of all the Boronias, the | + | Another beautiful favourite is the Boronia Floribunda. A very pretty free flowering shrub, found only in N.S.W. it is so abundant round Sydney that the name of Sydney Boronia has been suggested for it, although it is also very plentiful on the Blue Mts. The Flowers |
- | trifoliate leaves being long and narrow with parallel edges. The deep pink flowers have a definite inflorescence, | + | |
- | the branches usually opposite and divided again, each branch bearing a flower. | + | We next come to one of the legumens. Gompholobuim Latifolium (golden glory Pea). The large golden yellow pea flowers grow singly or a few together in the axils of the upper leaves. The corolla of this Pea flower is often likened to a butterfly " |
- | We next c-ome to one of the logumens. Gompholobuim Latifolium (golden glory Pea). The large golden yellow pea flowers grow singly or a few together in the axils of the upper leaves. The corolla of this Pea flower is often likened to a butterfly " | + | |
- | Another beautiful | + | Another beautiful |
- | (five corners). The name Styphelis is taken from the Greek St helos - rough-0 | + | |
- | 13, | + | We complete |
- | in allusion to the stiff compact, harsh growth of th hrub. Five corners, | + | |
- | the popu1, | + | ---- |
- | flowets, pale pink or yellow in c, | + | |
- | Te com lete the list with Glosaolia | + | ===== Why Not Pick Wild Flowers? ===== |
- | dainty orchid growing on a slender stem, usually purple mauve or white in | + | |
- | - colour, The sl,n gle basal leaf grows more Or less flat on the ground. Here | + | Abores Australia. |
- | then, as we ' | + | |
- | WHY NOT PICK LWILD LOWERS? | + | "Day Road! Fancy you building |
- | Abores Australia, | + | |
- | 1- | + | And now, Best Beloved, the ridge is still covered with bush, and there is one native rose on it, the one I bought |
- | c . | + | |
- | "Day Road; Fancy you I: | + | Yet, outside London, |
- | waratahs, | + | |
- | boronia, too, but we did not bother picking the boronia, too common; It was only the native roses and waratahs." | + | |
- | And nowlest | + | |
- | Yet, outside London, | + | |
- | spring, the primroses grow at the riverst | + | |
Why the difference? | Why the difference? | ||
- | It is explained by the long separation of Australia from the 'rest of the world geologically. Its flora has adapted itself to barren soils, | + | |
- | and droughts, and even bush fires if they do not come too often, but it has | + | It is explained by the long separation of Australia from the rest of the world geologically. Its flora has adapted itself to barren soils, and droughts, and even bush fires if they do not come too often, but it has not developed the means of protecting itself from imported plants and animals, least of all from the devastating fingers of human beings. |
- | not developed the means of protecting itself from imported plants and animals, least of all from the devastating fingers of human beinga;r | + | |
- | And that, Best Beloved,.is. why you must not pick our wild flowers. | + | And that, Best Beloved, is why you must not pick our wild flowers. They are unique in the world. Cherish and admire them, but leave them alone, or your grandchildren |
- | They are unique in the world.I.Cherish and admire them, but leave them alone, or your grandchildren | + | |
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