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Abel, Clarke 152–3 51–2, 57 Araucaria bidwillii 11, 97, 118 Abelia chinensis 152–3 Adansonia grandidieri 51, 52, 54, Araucaria cunninghamii 11, 97 Aboriginal land management 57 Araucaria heterophylla 11, 18, 44, 68–70 Adansonia gregorii 11, 46, 52–3, 97, 118, 199 Aboriginal languages, learnt by 53,55 planting at Farm Cove 122–3 Grey 77 vagaries of taxonomy 55–7 Araucariaceae 91, 92, 97–102 Aboriginal people 234, 240 Adansonia madagascariensis 51 Arbutus andrachne 182 Dampier’s description of 40 Adansonia perrieri 51, 58 Arbutus menziesii 182 Grey’s close relation with Adansonia stanburyana 55 Archaeolemur 57 69–71, 77 Adansonia suarezensis 51, 57 Arctotheca calendula 157, 220 management of yam grounds Adansonia za 51 Arizona backyard 204 69–71 Adelaide Botanical Gardens 52 Armstrong, Peter 213 station manager’s description admiral butterfly 84 Artemisia abrotanum 38 of 41 Adontopetalum proliferum 111 artists, portrayal of Australian use of boab trees 47 Aepyornis 57 landscapes 194 use of cycad nuts 66 aesthetics in garden design Arum lily 157 use of fire as management 195–6, 213, 214 Asphodelus fistulosus 226 tool 68 Africa, baobabs 50, 51–2, 57 associations 117–22 Warburton’s experiences of African star flower 226 asymmetrical plants 209, 211 76–8 Afrocarpus 109 Atherosperma moschatum 111 Aboriginal plant names 38 Agathis 97 Athrotaxis 102, 103 Acacia xvii, 34, 129 Agathis atropurpurea 97 Athrotaxis cupressoides 102 as invasive species 225 Agathis australis 11 Athrotaxis selaginoides 92, 102, Acacia acuminata 66 Agathis borneensis 97 102 Acacia baileyana 129, 225 Agathis microstachys 97 Atriplex 39 Acacia cyclops 225 Agathis robusta 11, 97 Atriplex chamaecladum 39 Acacia dealbata 225 Agonis flexuosa xvi, 197 Aubrieta deltoides 228 Acacia decurrens 81, 225 agricultural weeds 218, 219–23 Australian Acacia elata 225 Aitken, Richard 197 as arbitrary term 234 Acacia mearnsii 225 Aizoaceae 36 being Australian 240–1 Acacia melanoxylon 129, 225 Akeroyd, John 228 Australian animals and plants, as Acacia pycnantha 225 akudjura bush 87 icons 6 Acacia rostellifera 38 alang alang 231 Australian backyard 203, 204 Acacia saligna 38, 225 alkaline soils 18, 19–20, 130 Australian continent xiv–xv, 10 Acetosella vulgaris 221 Alogyne 33 Australian fauna, decorative uses acidic soils 131 alpine pepper 111 150, 151 Actinostrobus 114, 115 Angophora xvii, 132, 187 Australian flora Actinostrobus acuminatus 115 Anigozanthus manglesii 21 Antarctic elements in 92–3 Actinostrobus arenarius 115 Antarctic flora 92, 93 as southern hemisphere flora Actinostrobus pyramidalis 115 Apium australe 82 234 Adansonia 48, 50, 60 Apium tenuifolium 82 autochthonous elements 93 Adansonia digitata 50–1, 50, Araucaria 11, 15, 97, 145 botanical illustration 135–50 Index 259 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84310-2 - The Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People George Seddon Index More information Australian flora (continued ) Banksia xvii banksias 18, 19, 128–31 decorative uses 150–1 Banksia ashbyi 132, 149, 150 collecting and illustrating evolution xiv, 91–7 Banksia attentuata 151 135–50 floral wealth 234–7 Banksia audax 150 decorative uses 150–1 Hooker’s elements in 92–3 Banksia baueri 132 disease susceptibility 134–5 Indomalesian elements 93 Banksia baxteri 4, 132, 142, 143, distribution 148–50 practical uses of 66–71, 144 east-coast 132–5 79–83, 115 Banksia benthamiana 132 iconic status 129 use as building and roofing Banksia blechnifolia 148 interest to collectors, materials 81–2, 115 Banksia brownii 132 taxonomists and botanical use as food supplements and Banksia burdetti 132 artists 131–2 remedies 82 Banksia caleyi 132 naming of 131–2, 134 use as stock food 78 Banksia candolleana 132 near-desert species 149–50 use as timber 80–1, 107 Banksia canei 132 prostrate 148–9, 199 Australian Home Beautiful 206, Banksia chamaephyton 148 use in the garden 129 2078 Banksia coccinea 15, 17, 18, 130 Baobab 51 Australian landscapes, portrayal Banksia cunninghamii 132 baobabs 50–4, 50, 52, 53 by painters 194 Banksia dentata 133, 138 adaptability 51, 52–4 Australian outback 10–11 Banksia dryandroides 141, 141 Africa 50, 51–2, 57 Australian plants Banksia elderiana 132, 150 Australia 51, 53–4, 53, 54, adaptability 18–19 Banksia ericifolia 138 55–7 defining 9–12, 44–5 Banksia gardneri 132, 148 long distance dispersal 58 foliage colour and structure Banksia goodii 132, 148 Madagascar 51, 52, 57–8, 62 20–1, 189, 195 Banksia grandis 4, 145 pollination and dispersal growing more in gardens 9 Banksia hookeriana 132 57–8 limited natural distribution Banksia ilicifolia 146, 150 see also boabs 15–17 Banksia integrifolia 138 basalt boulders, use of 214 pleasure of growing 18–19 Banksia lemanniana 132 Basedow, H. 40 propagation for use in Banksia lindleyana 132, 150 bat-winged erythrina 185 diverse habitats 15, 17 Banksia lullfitzii 132 bats 57 soil and design constraints Banksia marginata 131, 132, 133, Baudin, Nicolas 59 19–21 150 Bauer, Ferdinand 131, 133, 134, vulnerability in natural Banksia meisneri 132 135–7 environment 17–18 Banksia menziesii 132, 147, 150, background 136 author’s garden 13, 18, 19–20, 159 Illustrationes Florae Novae 34, 112, 129–30, 157, 165–6, Banksia oblongifolia 132 Hollandiae 136–7 175, 227–8 Banksia occidentalis 144, 145 quality of illustration 135, 136 weeds in 226, 227 Banksia ornata 150 Bauer, Franz 136 autochthonous elements, in Banksia petiolaris 148 Baumann, Zygmunt 5 Australian flora 93 Banksia prionotes 129, 143 Baxter,William 134, 140–1, Avena spp. 156 Banksia repens 148 143 Banksia robur 132, 133, 147 Beadle, N. C.W.96 backyards 204 Banksia rosseri 132, 150 Beaufortia 34 balga 38 Banksia serrata 133, 138, 139, Beaufortia sprengeliodes 33 Balme, Basil 122 151 beeches 222 Banks, Sir Joseph 136, 138, 140, Banksia solandri 132, 138 being Australian 240–1 152–3 Banksia speciosa 130–1, 137 Betula pendula 182 organises plant collecting 152 Banksia spinulosa 138, 140 bindweed 222 plant collecting 133, 134 Banksia victoriae 143 birches 10 260 Index © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84310-2 - The Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People George Seddon Index More information birds 4, 12, 198 Botanical Magazine 143 Canberra Botanic Gardens 121, Melbourne 3–5 botanical names xvi–xvii 135 Sydney 3, 5 instability xvii, 38–9 candlebark 182 use of edge habitat 205 boxes 176 cape daisy 220 WA 2–3, 5, 6, 157 Brachychiton acerifolia 184–5 Cape Inscription,WA 28, 29 black sally 182 Brachychiton sp. 63 Cape lilac 184 blackberry 156 Braidwood waratah 128 Cape Town 159, 160, 162 blackboy 38 Brock, John 45 Cape tulip 157 blackbutts 38, 176 Brookes, John 193 capeweed 157 Blackwall Reach,WA 31 Brown, Robert 136, 137, 138, Capparis 46, 48, 55 blackwood wattle 129 143, 144, 153 Capparis gibbosa 48, 55 blady grass 82 Brunig, Eberhardt 95–6 Cardamine pratensis 228 Blakella 186–7 Buchan, Alexander 138 Careening Bay,WA 56 Blancoa canescens 33 Buchanania 189 Carophyllaceae 36, 37 Blandfordia nobilis 170 building and roofing materials Castle Crag, Sydney 84–5 Blechnum 122 81–2, 115 Casuarina 81, 115, 122 bloodroots 118 Bunya Mountains 118 Casuarina equisetifolia 225 bloodwoods 179, 185, 187 bunya pine 97 Casuarina (schooner) 81 Blunt,Wilfred 136 Burke and Wills, die of cauliflory 189 boabs 11, 46, 52–4, 61, 225 starvation 71–2 Cavanilles, Antonio 132–3, 135 and vagaries of taxonomy Burke’s Back Yard 197 celery-top pine 11, 105, 107 55–7 Bursaria 132 Chamelaucium axillare 45 as succulents 51 bush gardens 9, 83–4, 169, 236 Chamelaucium uncinatum 18, 44, Australia 51, 53–4, 53, 54, bush tomato kasundi 86–7 239 55–7, 56 Chelsea Flower Show 134 early descriptions 46–8 cabbage-tree palm 81 Chenopodiaceae 39 pollination and dispersal 57, Caesalpiniaceae 86 Chorilaena 33 58 Caladenia flava 170 Christmas bells 170 relatives of 48–51 Calandrinia xvii, 36, 38, 39, 117 Churchill, Jeannie 206 suitability for Australian Calandrinia polyandra 35, 37 Clianthus formosus 41 gardens 61, 62, 63 calcarenite 164, 214 climate change, impact on boat-building 81 Californian gardens 206–7 flora 8 Bombacaceae 55, 62 Californian redwood 103, 103, cloud forests 112 Bombax ceiba 62, 185 162 coast banksia 138 Bonyhady,Tim 79, 80, 84 Callicoma serratifolia 81 coastal dune heath,WA 235 Boboli Gardens, Florence 166 Callitris 92, 102, 114, 122 Cochleospermum 189 Borneo rainforest species, soil as garden plant 115–16 cockie’s tongue 13, 14, 19, 38, 84 deficiency effects 95–6 use for building materials 115 coelacanth 99 Boronia 33 Callitris columellaris 115 cold ocean currents 162 botanic gardens Callitris endlicheri 116 Cole, Edith 207 Gondwanan flora 121–2 Callitris intratropica 115 Collie, A. 68–9 see also specific names, eg. Callitris macleayana 116 Colocasia esculenta 70 Kings Park Botanic Callitris preissii 19, 115, 115, colonisation by weeds 229–31 Gardens 116, 166–7, 198 common names of plants 37–8 botanical artists 131, 133–4, Callitris rhomboidea 81 conifers 92, 97, 99, 175 135–50 Callitroidea 114 see also Araucariaceae; see also specific artists, eg. Calocephalus brownii xvii Cupressaceae; Bauer, Ferdinand Calophylla ficifolia 15 Podocarpaceae; botanical illustration 135–50 Canberra, land clearing 79 Taxodiaceae Index 261 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84310-2