The Wasp and the Orchid

on this Earth: Two centuries of US women’s nature writing (University Press of New England: Hanover, New England) pp2, 3. ‘Our limbs indeed . . .’ Henry D. Thoreau, Journal, 21 March 1840, http://hdt.typepad.com/henrys_ blog/1840/page/4/ [accessed 15.11.2017]. p324 ‘To settle the . . .’ Jessie A. Ackerman, 1913, Australia from a woman’s point of view (Cassell and Co: London) pp68–69. pp324–325 ‘women behind the . . .’ Edith Coleman to the Editor, ‘Saving our fauna and flora’, The Age, 15 July 1933, p4. ‘It is recalled . . .’ Edith Coleman to the Editor, ‘Flora and Fauna protection, Woman’s part of the movement,’ The Age, 7 September 1933, p8. ‘Almost every woman . . .’ Edith Coleman to the Editor, ‘Fauna and Flora Protection’, The Age, 5 August 1933, p6. p326 Edith Coleman, 1936, ‘The Poet’s Flower: Golden Daffydowndilly – harbinger of spring’, The Australian Woman’s Mirror, 4 August, p10. ‘Are there fairies . . .’ Edith Coleman, 1939, ‘Still Life in the Garden: Sylvan historians in Australian designs’, The Age, 11 March, p3. ‘There are a . . .’ Moira R. Playne, 2005. ‘The line drawings, paintings and painted photographs of five women artists,’ in Bruce Rigby and Nicolas Peterson (eds) Donald Thomson, the man and scholar (Academy of Social Sciences in Australia: Canberra) p233. pp329–332 Extract from Edith Coleman, 1935, ‘A forest huntress: The praying mantis – her beauty, her skill and her way with lovers’, The Australian Woman’s Mirror, August 6, pp17, 30.

Chapter 13: Come back in wattle time

p333 ‘Once again war . . .’ from Edith Coleman (E.C.) 1941, ‘Wattle Time: The golden river – beauty and individuality’, The Age, 16 August, p15. pp335–336 This reconstruction is based largely on Edith Coleman (E.C.) 1942, ‘Gardens need not be ugly: Camouflage for trenches and shelters–new beds for succulents’, The Age, 7 March, p7 and comments in Edith Coleman, 1948, ‘Planning the herb garden’, Your Garden, 1, pp22–23. The use of trench shelters in Melbourne is from ‘Progress with Trench Shelters’, The Argus, 5 January 1942, p3, while the Tennyson quote is from Part V. Death and Bereavement of ‘The May Queen’. p337 ‘All the boys . . .’ Donald Macdonald, 1909, ‘Notes for Boys’, The Argus, 23 February, p5. For further discussion of the role of nature study in military preparedness, see Grant Rodwell, 1997, ‘Nature Enthusiasm, Social Planning and Eugenics in Australian State Schools, 1900–1920’, Journal of Educational Administration and History, 29, pp5–6. ‘Boys, in nature, . . .’ Tom Griffiths, 1989, ‘‘The natural history of Melbourne’: The culture of nature writing in Victoria, 1880–1945’, Australian Historical Studies, 23, p357. ‘I trod the . . .’ Eve Langley, 1942, The Pea Pickers (Angus and Robertson: Sydney) p169. p338 ‘a special appeal . . .’ Edith Coleman [E.C.] 1929. ‘Some social insects: A caterpillar company–defensive tactics’ The Age, 30 December, p10. ‘Had the early . . .’ Edith Coleman [E.C.] 1942. ‘Color from the herb garden: Dyeing with woad’, The Age, 20 June, p7. p339 ‘We are twelve . . .’ Edith Coleman [E.C.] 1940, ‘The Call for Flax: Opportunity for Hobby and Service – Garden Plots’, The Age, 6 July, p9. ‘The fine health . . .’ Edith Coleman [E.C.] 1943, ‘Greens for good health: War-time vitamins’, The Age, 11 September, p7. ‘Sunny Australia! There . . .’ Edith Coleman, 1943, Come back in wattle time: an illustrated handbook to our Australian wattles (Robertson and Mullens: Melbourne). p340 ‘a dashing suit . . .’ ‘Outre Costumes’, Woman’s Realm, The Australasian, 4 January 1930, p12. pp341–42 The anecdote and quotes about the Preston Distillery is from Kate Baker, 1942, pp20–22. pp343–345 ‘The cottage was . . .’ and ‘The four-roomed . . .’ and ‘The sight that . . .’ Ethel F. L. Richardson [Henry Handel Richardson] 1910/2013, The Getting of Wisdom (Australian Classics: Melbourne) pp202 and 204–205. ‘the only other . . .’ Jack Ritchie, 1966, ‘Back Beach – Blairgowrie (Konnya to the Divide)’, Blairgowrie: Some Blairgowrie History, http://rosevilleblairgowrie.blogspot. com.au/2009/11/back-beach-blairgowrie-koonya-to-divide.html [accessed 28.2.2017]. p345 ‘For sheer beauty . . .’ Edith Coleman, 1945, ‘Sea life at Sorrento’, Victorian Naturalist, 62, p87. ‘hidden bands of . . .’ from Acripeza reticulata Guerin-Meneville, 1838, ‘Species profile – biology’, Atlas of Living Australia, http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0cb8376f-3642-4221-8473-27a5cb1a2c2b [accessed 1.3.2017]. Edith Coleman, 1938. ‘New notes on the Australian Mountain Grasshopper (Acridopeza reticulata)’, Victorian Naturalist, 55, pp24–32. William E. Agar, 1939, ‘A Gynandromorph Grasshopper’, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Zoology A, 109, pp139–140. See also Edith Coleman, 1938, ‘Further notes on the Mountain Grasshopper Acridopeza reticulata Guerin’, 55, pp119–122. p347 ‘Foul whis’prings are . . .’ William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, scene 1. Edith Coleman [E.C.] 1942, ‘The cup that cheers: Substitutes from the herb garden–American women show the way’, The Age, 2 May, p7. p348 ‘Thorough general wanted . . .’ Casual Advertisements, Reporter (Box Hill) 27 October 1911, p7. p349 ‘I milked my . . .’ letter from Edith Coleman to Rica Sandilands, 25 February 1932, Rica Erickson Papers, SLWA. ‘We have never . . .’ and ‘It is Dorothy’s . . .’ and ‘I told you . . .’ letter from Edith Coleman to Rica Sandilands, 12 November 1931, SLWA. p350 ‘In order to . . .’ Edith Coleman, 1948, ‘Bird bogeys’, Victorian Naturalist, 65, p 137. Boletus portentosus is now known as Plebopus marginatus. p353 ‘It’s a plant . . .’ Kylie Tennant, 1941, The Battlers (Victor Gollancz: London) quoted in Alec H. Chisholm, 1964, Land of Wonder: The Best Australian Nature Writing (Angus and Robertson: Sydney) p76. ‘One might think . . .’ Edith Coleman, 1929, ‘Across the continent to Perth: Impression of colour and vast distances’, The Argus, 23 November, p10. ‘A weed is . . .’ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1880, Fortune of the Republic: Lecture delivered at the Old South Church, 30 March 1878 (Houghton, Osgood and Co: Boston) p3. p354 ‘We are now . . .’ Ellen Clacy, 1853, A Lady’s visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia (Hurst and Blackett: London; reprinted by Sydney