Talking of native plants tempts me to mention roadside planting - a subject very dear to my heart. There are such infinite possibilities in the planting of country roadsides, but as I see it, it does not mean the destruction of what exists and the introduction of exotic species. Of all the places where we should display the beauty of our native plants surely the country roadside is the most fitting, and yet when tree planting is indulged in by various Progress Associations it is generally along formal lines, and all too often natural growth is destroyed to make way for some exotic trees evenly spaced at 30 feet apart. We have better examples in plenty all about us - the richness of the roadside growth in the vicinity of Warburton, for instance, to guide us in the planting of the roadsides that have been denuded of natural growth, and one day perhaps we shall see trucks going forth loaded with small plants of leptospernums [sic], kunzeas, eucalypts, bursaria, callitris and acacias and lots and lots of the lower-growing ground covers to clothe the ground beneath. When one thinks of the comparitively low initial cost of planting natives, and the almost negligible maintenance required it does seem that we are lagging behind rather badly in this matter. ...