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No 65 Autumn 2000

Front cover: The print part-reproduced here is a hand-coloured engraving by J. Watts, 1827, of the indigenous plant, Epacris impressa, which became the floral emblem of Victoria. It is plate no. 4 of Flora Australasica, or a selection of Handsome and Curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands, by Robert Sweet (1827-1828), two copies of which are held in the Rare Books Collection, State Library of Victoria. [print]

Front Cover: The print part-reproduced here is a hand-coloured engraving by J. Watts, 1827, of the indigenous plant, Epacris impressa, which became the floral emblem of Victoria. It is plate no. 4 of Flora Australasica, or a selection of Handsome and Curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands, by Robert Sweet (1827-1828), two copies of which are held in the Rare Books Collection, State Library of Victoria.