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1. Tasmanian softwood tree (4,7,4)

10. Fragrant product of the iris, used in perfumery (5,4)

11. Give more money than is required (7) 12. Male fertilisin­g organs of flowering plants (7)

13. Woody core of an ear of corn (3)

14. Concur (5)

15. Tropical American mammal related to the raccoon (5)

16. Feline-attracting plant (6)

18. (Of cattle etc) feed on; graze (6)

20. Genus of New Zealand’s biddy biddy (6) 22. An insect of the order Coleoptera (6) 24. Palm-like plant that may grow to a great height (5)

29. Laxative prepared from the cassia tree (5) 30. The Mad Hatter’s drink (3)

31. Seers, sages (7)

33. Salix babylonica or … willow (7)

34. Prickly Australian shrub with colourful flowers and triangular seed pods (6,3)

35. The pasture weed Nassella trichotoma (8,7)

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1. The darker areas in this timber (5) (Picture A)

2. A blissful state (7)

3. Popular group of flowering climbers (9) (Picture B)

4. World’s fourth-highest mountain (6)

5. Whole, complete (6)

6. Annual festival held in Melbourne (6)

7. Japanese flower arranging (7) 8. White-flowered shrub found on the southern coast of WA, … wax (9)

9. Flower cluster with a central stem bearing a single terminal flower (4)

15. Tropical shrub of the pepper family that bears pungent berries (5)

17. Fabric with a crisscross pattern (5)

19. Poisonous shrubs with showy flowers (9)

21. These popular pot plants (9)

(Picture C)

23. Richer, more verdant (7)

25. Orchid genus; West Indian song (7)

26. Stain, blemish (6)

27. Stone used for many sculptures (6)

28. Small bird endemic to New Zealand (6) 29. Scatters, plants (4)

32. The main stem of a plant (5)

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