Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'An Abundant Yield of Apples' photograph by Mr D. McAlpine, Government Vegetable Pathologist, Victoria accompanying poem: 'An Apple a Day', [65].
• Editor's Note: 'Victorian Schools Arbor Day are Held in June and July', [65]; 'How the Gifts Are Received at the Front' with (unattributed) photograph: 'Men at the Front Receiving the Gifts', 79-80.
• Poetry: 'The Wayside Inn' (unattributed) 70; 'Plant Trees' (unattributed) 80.
• Fiction: 'The Planting of the Apple Trees' (unattributed) 66-67; 'Seeds of Kindness: A Tale of the War Relief Gardeners' League, Victoria' (unattributed) continuation with diagram: 'Tom's War Relief Plot', 74-76; 'Peter, the Shepherd Boy' extract from Book of Stories for the Story Teller by American author Ella Lyman Cabot (1866-1934) 78-79.
• Non-Fiction: 'Tree Planting' extract from The Journal of the Department of Agriculture in Victoria by Mr E. Wallis, Orchard Supervisor with four photographs: 'A Breathing Space in Collingwood, Victoria' and 'A Windbreak on the Western Plains, Victoria' both from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria, 'A Planted Street in Bendigo, Victoria' and 'View in the Exhibition Gardens, Melbourne' both lent by the Department of State forests, Victoria, 70-74.
• Prose: 'The Codlin Moth' by G. H. Adcock, Fellow of the Linnean Society and Principal of the Viticultural Station and School, Rutherglen, Victoria with two (unattributed) pictures: 'Codlin Moth' and 'Apple Trees in Bloom', 67-70; 'Orphans of War' (unattributed) with photograph: 'School Children at Rheims Wearing Anti-Gas Masks', 77-78.
• Song: 'Wilt Thou Lend Me Thy Mare?' music by Dr Nares (1715-1783) 80.